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Geographic scope:	Regional Latin America and Caribbean
Country of activity:	Argentina
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The purpose of the Foundation shall be: To promote tools to ensure access to education and information for blind or visually impaired individuals. To manage opportunities and facilitate access to resources in order to reduce the access gap to education for visually impaired individuals. To develop accessible platforms such as mobile applications and new technological means capable of allowing visually impaired individuals to effectively exercise their human right of access to education. To disclose information about the use of new technologies and their correct use in order to raise awareness in society about the importance of respect for diversity, inclusion and needs of disabled persons, specifically visually impaired individuals. To promote investigation and study of mechanisms intended to ensure the inclusion of visually impaired persons in formal educational environments. All activities shall be developed by professionals duly licensed therefor as required and conducted without profit.
Year established:	2014
Year of registration:	2015
Organizational structure:	The Foundation shall be managed and administered by a Management Board formed by three members at least and nine members at the most, appointed by the Founder, who reserves her right to hold positions in the management board and appoint directors upon expiry of their commissions or in the event of any vacancy of such directors in order to ensure faithful attainment of the mission of the foundation. The Founder shall elect a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, Three Permanent Directors and Three Alternate Directors, who shall form part of the Management Board of the Foundation. The other members of the Management Board shall hold their positions for three years and shall be entitled to be re-elected indefinitely. The appointment of any member shall be revocable at any moment upon decision by the same person that has appointed such member, which person shall appoint the substitute member.
Number and type of members:	Managment Board: 3 members (President / Secretary / Treasurer.) Executive Director: 1 member. Design area: 3 members. Development area: 3 members. Entrepreneurship area: 1 project manager Volunteers: 6 members (2 human rights promoters; 2 grant seekers; 2 in communications.)
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Fundraising campaigns Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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