Always Reading Caravan

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Accessible Books for Individuals With Print Disabilities

Canon Thailand

Under amazing leadership of Mr. Mitarai, the executive director of Canon CO. LTD, they have generously given our first monetary support from a corporate to ARC.

Just Giving

Main branch based in UK, with its branches in USA and Japan, they connect NGOs, their supporters, and donors in simple and inspiring donation system. A friend of ARC has raised more than 1,800 USD by running triathlon in Honolulu. She used the new branch of Just Giving of Japan (Japanese only).

Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand

The 100 Friends Project

Mr. Mark Gold from US and thousands of young people aim to bring direct assistance by means of philanthropic travel to some of the world’s most needy people.

Royal National Institute of the Blind

The largest specialist library in the UK for readers with sight loss, with over 40,000 titles.

A blind says : all the mysteries unveiled: A blog to build awareness and create good understanding on the blindness world (Thai only)

A blog created by Dr. Issavara Sirirungruang, an avid reader, and a close friend of Yoshi. This website is perfect for Thai speakers who want to try looking at the world from a blind person's perspective.

Bats in Action

Bats in Action has the goal to empower blind youth in Northeastern Brazil for independence and employment. This blog tells the story of the project start.

Braille Without Borders (BWB)

BWB is a international nongovernmemtal organization which empowers visually impaired individuals. They have several projects in Tibet (China) including a blind school and a farm, and a project in Kerala to train potential social entrepreneurs.

The Bridge Organization

Empowering marginalised youth in Nigeria through skills training program to realize their full potential. Also see their Facebook page.

Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region (DPI/AP)

They are the regional office of world’s biggest organization of the people with disabilities.

Inclusion Empowerment Center (IEC) Nepal

Set up by a blind entrepreneur, Khom Raj Sharma, it is a national level organization of the social entrepreneurs with disability in Nepal.

Kiki’s Kindergarten

Kyila is setting up the first kindergarten for blind children in Tibet, located at the beautiful organic farm in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet.

Madagascar Education & Resource Center for the Visually-Impaired (MERCI)

Their mission is to provide support and services to enable visually-impaired people (VIP) in Madagascar to become independent and integrated into society.

Supporting Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Sierra Leone (SEED-SL)

Sunny Boy (Mohammed Salia) has set up this project to lend micro-credits to the widows and former child soldiers after over a decade of civil war.

The Dragonfly Community Foundation

"The DCF was created to address the needs of the people of Thailand and in support of education, environment, and social welfare in this country." (From their website)

Mr. Daniel Lockwood, the Director of the DCF, was the one who designed our Sunshine Kids Center, and led the construction team for this beautiful mud building.

The Surin Foundation

One of their projects is Little Candles Kindergarten, located in Phrao, Chiangmai, where our main project is located at the moment. They provide affordable yet excellent early childhood education to the children from all background in three languages: Thai, English, and Mandarin Chinese.

Warm Heart Worldwide

Warm Heart Foundation located in Phrao, Chiangmai has been ARC’s partner since Jun. 2011. They are an well-established community development organization, and has been a big support for us through their strong network.

“Warm Heart provides the entrepreneurial spark. We empower people to help themselves. Warm Heart works with the entire community to unleash growth that includes the young, the old and the wayward alike.”

Eric Carle Blog

Do you know the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"? Eric Carl is the very person who made this magical picture book. Here, you can read his own blog entries with pictures.

LibriVox

"LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain." You can download thousands of books as either mp3 or ogg files.

Storynory Free Audio Stories For Kids

“Storynory is an online treasure trove of audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. We also have a sprinkling of verse.”

They have hundreds of stories in MP3 format, free of charge to be downloaded. The story-tellers’ voices are rich in emotion and clear in pronunciation. Great not only for kids but also for English learners.

Tactile Vision - Tactile Graphics for Special Needs - Low vision, blind and learning disabled and others with special needs

“Tactile Vision Inc is dedicated to producing printed materials for individuals with Special Needs.” They have children’s book with tactile images, tactile maps, greeting cards with Braille, and much more. They even take orders from individual customers to produce tactile images.