INVITATIONS

Among the many problems which the visually impaired encounter in their daily life,those on their street walking and their taking in information are generally believed to be the most significant.
The ''LIFESTYLE AND INFORMATION CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED,GIFU", which is a none-governmental welfare center operated by the social welfare corporation GIFU ASSOCIA, is very active in many areas for the visually impaired at home.
The CENTER plays an important part as a foothold for the visually impaired by first providing every kind of consultation and rehabilitation in response to needs of the local visually impaired, and also by progressing works aiming at the "society being together with the visually impaired" by means of public enlightenment. And moreover, the CENTER provides the whole country with every kind of living information and library in Braille and recorded tapes produced by a lot. of volunteers.

HISTORY

1894　Establishment of the“Gifu Seikokai Kunmoin(House for training the visually impaired，the Episcopal Church of Gifu）”
1941　Establishment of a nonprofit corporation，Gifu Kunmoin Kyokai(the Gifu Visually Impaired People Training Corporation）
1951　Opening the“Aimo-Kan(The House of Love for The Visually Impaired）”
1969　Opening the Library in Braille
1960　Certified as a social welfare corporation．
1997　Completion of the new facility
The organization and its facility has changed their names as“The Social Welfare Corporation，GIFU ASSOCIA”and“The Lifestyle and Information Center for the Visually Impaired，Gifu,”respectively．

OUTLINE OF FACILITY

NAME：The Lifestyle and Information Center Of the Visually Impaired,Gifu

OWNER AND OPERATOR：The Social Welfare Corporation，GIFU ASSOCIA

OPENING：April，1997．

PREMISES：429．75㎡

TOTAL FLOOR SPACE：1220．67㎡

BUILDING：Four－storied reinforced concrete

（The library portion is three-storied．）

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