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Fundación para la promoción de los derechos de accesibilidad y visibilidad - Visibilia

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Culture Development Disabled Persons Education Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Education and training of women Information and communication technologies Social Development: Disabled persons Information and Communications Technologies Sustainable Development: Education
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Argentina
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	We promote accessibility to information and communication by people with disabilities and/or poor education. We promote their inclusion, development and community belonging. (We promote mainly sections 9, 13, 19, 24, 27 and 30 of the UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities). Our main objective is to generate inclusion through reading. We adapt and make texts and communication materials in plain language and Easy Reading. Each project team includes persons with intellectual disabilities, and people in situations of social vulnerability with low education, adding value to all our projects, which are destined to the community as a whole. All persons with disabilities are remunerated for their tasks.
Year established:	2014
Year of registration:	2016
Organizational structure:	Visibilia is a Foundation. We divide the organization per areas of expertise, but always work with interdisciplinary teams. Currently main areas are: Education, Literature, Accesible Design and Editorial, Human development and Law and rights.
Number and type of members:	Collaborating Professionals: 9 (Psicology, Psicopedagogic, Didactic, Language and Literature, Design, Law, Medicine, Accounting). Persons with intellectual disabilities: 10. We do not have payroll staff. All projects are independent team assigned.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	International: Inclusion International; Plain language Europe; Autism Speaks; Argentina: REDEA - red espectro autista; Grupo Art.24 for Inclusive education
Funding structure:	Grants from Governments Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources

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