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ACCESS TO INFORMATION

The Foundation brings the world of imagination and knowledge to thousands of blind and visually impaired people in the country through accessible educational and literary books in various formats.

Figures for accessibility solutions provided by Fundação Dorina in 2023 alone:

BRAILLE

Printing of more than 14 million pages in Braille.

Production of approximately 250 thousand published pages.

DIGITAL

Production of over 110,000 pages and 687 titles.

SPOKEN

Audio recording of around 40,000 pages.

DORINATECA - DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THE FOUNDATION

5,559 titles in the collection

7,117 downloads

1,073 registered people

1,280 works loaned

INCLUSIVE READING NETWORK

Rede de Leitura Inclusiva [Inclusive Reading Network] works with institutions (schools, libraries, cultural centers, NGOs) with the aim of disseminating accessible reading practices and actions with books in several cities in Brazil.

2,928 Impacted people

575 Registered institutions

301 Municipalities

40 Cities

The Foundation promotes actions for inclusive cultural dissemination, creating accessible cultural embassies (Working Groups).

LEGO BRAILLE BRICKS PROJECT

LEGO® Braille Bricks, an initiative of Fundação Dorina Nowill para Cegos in partnership with LEGO® Foundation, transforms LEGO® pieces into a Braille reading and writing system. In 2023 alone, the following were implemented:

46 Partner municipalities

3,508 Kits distributed

1,139 Schools

ACCESS TO AUTONOMY

Multidisciplinary teams from Fundação Dorina Nowill para Cegos offer clients the possibility of a more independent life.

1,203 blind or visually impaired people served by the habilitation and rehabilitation area.

More than 28,823 services provided to people with visual impairments and their families.