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Publics: people with disabilities
A Step towards the Light
Programme: Lifelong Learning Programme,
Leonardo da Vinci
Project number: LLP-LdV-TOI-2007-TR-067
Project period: Dec. 2007–Nov. 2009
Contractor: Gören Kalpler Özel Eğitim Ve
Aile Derneği
Turkey
http://www.gorenkalpler
egitim.org.tr
In Turkey, about 1.5 million people have visual
impairments. 35% are illiterate, and another
35% have not completed school; only approx.
19% have a job. Only a minority has completed
higher education, which makes integration into
the labour market difficult.
Turkey’s welfare system is based on the assumption
that, as a rule, the (extended) family
will be able to take care of and adequately support
members in difficult situations. It is especially
the family environment that plays a vital
role in successful rehabilitation: an understanding
and supportive family is a crucial factor in
building self-confidence and finding motivation
for acquiring vocational skills.
To this end, training programmes are developed
for parents and relatives so that they may actively
support the process of vocational and
personal development of family members with
visual impairments (information on new occupational
fields, workplace equipment, etc.), as the
government provides assistance only in rare
exceptional cases.
Project Web site:
https://steptolight.brailcom.org
Contact at the bfi:
Michaela Meier
bfi Steiermark
Eggenberger Allee 15
A-8020 Graz
Tel.: +43 5 72 70 2203
Fax: +43 5 72 70 2299
E-mail:
michaela.meier@bfi-stmk.at
Web site:
http://www.bfi-stmk.at
Other transnational
partners:
Burgas Free University
Bulgaria
http://www.bfu.bg
Brailcom o.p.s.
Czech Republic
http://www.brailcom.org
Berufsförderungswerk Düren
gGmbH
Germany
http://www.bfw-dueren.de
EU Projects Compendium bfi St.VI.1