The following links are for organizations outside of the United Sates:

• The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) - Helping blind, visually impaired, and deafblind Canadians address one of the greatest challenges of their lives: thriving, - not just surviving - in a sighted world.
• Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind - Promotes the participation of blind and sight impaired people in all aspects of life by helping to remove the barriers that blind and sight impaired people face.
• European Blind Union - Aims to protect and promote the interests of blind and partially-sighted people in Europe.
• World Blind Union - The World Blind Union (WBU) is the international voice of over 50-million blind and visually impaired people.
• Association of the Blind in Portugal - Support services for blind in Portugal.
• Danish Association of the Blind - Renders support and assistance to its members in a large variety of areas such as social, financial and educational.
• DEBBI - Danish Electronic Library for the Blind.
• German Federation of Blind and Visually Impaired People (DBSV)  - represents the interests of blind and partially sighted people in Germany.
• ONCE - Spanish organization for sightless people.
• SRF - Swedish Organization of the Blind and Partially Sighted.
• U.I.C - Italian Union of the Blind.
• Czech Blind United - Unified national organization of the blind of the Czech Republic.
• Eastern European Network on Access Technology (EENAT) - An initiative to expand open education and employment opportunities for blind and low vision persons in Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic through the promotion of expanded use of access technologies in schools and the workplace.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind - Challenges the disabling effects of sight loss by providing information and practical services to help people get on with their own lives.
• South Australia Royal Society for the Blind - Helps those with little or no sight to optimize their opportunities by providing specialist staff, information and technology resources to meet individual needs.
• Association for the Blind in Western Australia -Provides a wide range of services to Western Australians who are vision impaired or blind.
• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - Enhances the mobility, independence and quality of life of sight impaired people through the provision of guide dogs and other services.
• St. Vincent's School for the Blind and Partially Sighted Children - Liverpool, England. Aims to work together in a caring atmosphere, to encourage mutual respect, a sense of achievement and selfworth for blind and partially sighted children.
• International Council on English Braille - Coordinates and improves standards for braille usage for all English-speaking users of braille.
• International Listing of Agencies by Country - Provided by the Royal National Institute for the Blind Databases.

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