German Aid for the Blind
| German Aid for the Blind (DBHW) |
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| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | 1961 |
| Seat | Duisburg ( ⊙ ) |
| purpose | Supporting the integration of blind and visually impaired people in need |
| Chair | Hans Joachim Blumbach |
| sales | 854,690 euros (2018) |
| Employees | 7 (2018) |
| Members | 15 (2018) |
| Website | www.blindenhilfswerk.de |
The German Blindenhilfswerk (DBHW) is a non-profit association founded in 1961 that promotes projects for blind or severely visually impaired people.
The Duisburg- based association supports the integration of blind and visually impaired people in need in Germany and many countries in Eastern Europe and Africa, but, unlike local self-help groups and local associations for the blind and visually impaired, not its own members.
history
While many institutions for the war blind and their integration were still being looked after at the time of the founding in the early 1960s, the emphasis later shifted to cultural funding and, due to the rapidly increasing blindness in developing countries, to the prevention of blindness in African countries. The financing of the facilities, such as the establishment of schools and eye clinics and measures to prevent blindness, are project-related and are carried out in cooperation with the local organizations.
In addition to the recognized non-profit status, the German Blind Aid has been awarded the donation seal of the German Central Institute for Social Issues since 1992 and is a member of the German Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband .
Sponsorship award
The DBHW has been awarding a sponsorship award from the German Blind Aid every two to three years since 1996 . It is awarded to institutions, groups or people who work in a special way for the well-being of blind and visually impaired people. It is endowed with 5,000 euros (as of 2018). The prize money may only be used for the continued benefit of the project work. Since 2016, associations and initiatives have been able to apply with a specific project.
Prize winners:
- 1996 German Committee for the Prevention of Blindness
- 1997 Würzburg Foundation for the Blind Institute
- 1998 Department of ophthalmological rehabilitation at the University Eye Clinic Heidelberg
- 1999 Municipal Adolf-Weber-Gymnasium Munich for the project "Blind pupils in the Abi class"
- 2000 Disabled Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia for services in promoting sports for the blind
- 2002 artist group Weimar eV (consisting of blind and sighted women) for the project "Schattenreich"
- 2004 Friends of the Rhenish School for the Visually Impaired and Blind (today Johanniterschule) for its own initiatives for pre-school education
- 2006 lyricist Bernd Kebelmann for his longstanding project Lyrikbrücken.
- 2008 Sailing Club Bayer Uerdingen (SKBUe) for the blind sailing project
- 2011 Miriam Nöken-Basista, Louis Braille School Düren, for skiing with blind and visually impaired young people
- 2011 Anke Nicolai, Hörfilm eV, for audio descriptions, barrier-free theater
- 2014 Christiane Paschke and her project KARIBU ( Swahili : Welcome)
- 2016 Water Sports Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BSWG) Moers. (Water sports together for sighted, blind and visually impaired people)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transparency. In: blindenhilfswerk.de. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.dzi.de/spenderberatung/datenbanksuchmaske/suchverbindungen/?11284
- ↑ Sponsorship Award 2016 - German Aid for the Blind (DBHW). Retrieved September 11, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ DBHW awards the 12th sponsorship award - Deutsches Blindenhilfswerk eV in 47169 Duisburg - Help for the blind. Retrieved September 11, 2018 (American English).