Year: 2013
Seva Foundation
To improve access to and utilization of five Primary Eye Care Centers (PECCs) and one new eye hospital in Nepal and four Vision Centers (VCs) in North India – and also to increase the efficiency and productivity of these facilities.
The Research Foundation for SUNY
To recruit and train a minimum of 900 NYS-based physical education teachers and athletic directors, paraeducators, youth who are blind and visually impaired, and parents of such youth in effectively including these youth in adaptive sports and physical education programs.
VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To support VISIONS, together with its partner Helen Keller Services for the Blind, in launching an employer-centered and -guided job training and placement program for adults who are legally blind and reside in NYC or Long Island.
Brother James Kearney Scholarship Program
The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To help underwrite the launch of what is expected to become a sustainable neurologic vision rehabilitation program.
Seva Foundation
Aurora of Central New York, Inc.
To partner with the Association for Vision Rehabiliation and Employment and the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in developing and delivering a technology exploration and training program for blind and visually impaired children, ages 10-14, and their parents in a twenty-county Central New York catchment area.
VIA
Benetech Initiative
To “revolutionize the availability of educational materials for people in India who are blind and visually impaired.”
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To help underwrite cost-saving and productivity-enhancing improvements in the heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) and insulation systems of CABVI’s large 1920’s headquarters building.