Annual Report
FORCE 2004
Contents
Introduction
Organisation
Projects
Other activities
Fundraising
Funds
Abridged annual accounts
Activities in
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Introduction
On 18 February 1998, the FORCE Foundation was founded
on the initiative of the Vrienden van het Braille-
en Gesproken Boek foundation (Friends of Braille and the Talking Book).
In short, FORCE’s objective is to support institutions that provide
services to visually and otherwise-handicapped individuals in developing
countries and the former
In 2004, FORCE again initiated a wide range of new projects, while
naturally continuing the ones that were already up and running. Although the
focus lies mainly on projects that can be performed within libraries (either
special or public), the foundation also cooperates closely with institutions
run by and for the visually impaired.
In developing countries, the vast majority of pupils and students don’t
have the means to purchase books themselves, and therefore generally have to
rely on their local libraries. This is true to an even greater extent for
visually impaired pupils and students in these countries. This is FORCE’s
target group. Since the number of books adapted to their individual handicap is
massively limited and mostly unaffordable, storing the books in libraries or
schools for the blind is often the only means of ensuring that this type of
student has access to knowledge.
The year 2004 was again one of fundraising for FORCE. Expanding the
foundation’s financial basis remains a priority. Although the results have
certainly not been disappointing, the conclusion remains that there are
insufficient funds in the
Steps were also taken to set up FORCE
Exploratory steps have been taken through Massimo Campo, FORCE’s Italian
advisor, to set up a similar foundation in
The FORCE WORLDWIDE foundation was set up to coordinate all these FORCE
activities, and will focus on aligning the various activities and financial
affairs.
We owe our thanks to the staff, volunteers, and funds that have given
FORCE such great support. Together, they ensured that FORCE’s work was again a
resounding success in 2004.
Organisation
According to the statutes, the board can consist of no more than seven
people. Three members are appointed on the recommendation of other organizations,
namely the FOBID, IFLA, and the Vrienden van het Braille- en Gesproken Boek
foundation.
Members of the Board as
of 31/12/2004
F. Elders, Chairman
M. Balfoort, Secretary
W. van Leeuwen, Treasurer
(on behalf of the funds)
J.E. van der Putten, Member (on behalf of FOBID)
S. Koopman, Member (on behalf of IFLA)
S. King, Member
The Board of
Recommendation
Drs. W.J. Deetman, Mayor of
Mr. Pedro Zurita, Former Secretary General of the World Blind
Drs. Leo Voogt, Director of the Meermanno museum, former Secretary General of IFLA
Mrs. Clara Budnik, Director of Libraries,
archives, and the Chile museums
Office Staff
Matthijs Balfoort, Director (salary from Vrienden van het Braille- en Gesproken
Boek)
Laura Visser, Personal Assistant (salary from Vrienden van het Braille- en
Gesproken Boek)
Dick Tucker, Deputy Director / Project
Coordinator
Jorge H. Fernandez, Project Coordinator
Ina Silvia Krauledat, Communications and Development Manager (to 1 October 2004)
Dr. Massimo Campo, Scientific Advisor
Stiftung FORCE
Ina Silvia Krauledat, Manager
FORCE Foundation UK
Suzanne Lawson, Manager
Asia Region Secretariat
Maria Sinti, Sabah State Library
Vui Yin Wong Sabah State Library
Expert Centre for Latin America
Patricia Guevara, ABCAC foundation
Volunteers
Chris Day
Reinoud Heidra
Patricia Guevara (ABCAC
foundation)
Peter König (Federation
of Dutch Libraries for the Blind)
Emilia Persoon (Federation
of Dutch Libraries for the Blind)
In 2004, ten workshops were organized, and 60 Victor reading machines were distributed.
Running or completed
projects.
CCTVs for Vietnam
Braille globes for Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Braille typewriters for Nigeria
Victor reading machines for Vietnam
Sound studio in Davao, Philippines
Swell paper machine in Manila, Philippines
CCTV National library, Philippines
Evaluation production St. Nicolas School for the Blind in Penang,
Malaysia
Evaluation project Mitra Netra in Jakarta for Dark&Light
Start Braille project Mitra Netra in Jakarta, Indonesia
Braille production centre in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Braille production centre in Asunción, Paraguay
Production Braille books in dialect in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Set-up project Braille production in Somaliland
Swell paper machine for GSL Vietnam
Braille printer in Novgorod
Braille printer in Tunisia
Start production talking books in Zimbabwe
Workshops
Braille production in Xalapa, Mexico
Production tactile drawings and graphs in Hanoi, Vietnam
Production tactile drawings and Braille production in Santa Cruz,
Bolivia
Accessibility public libraries in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Braille training mathematics and physics in Mali, Burkina Faso, and
Cameroon
Talking books for GSL studio staff in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Audio information systems in San José, Costa Rica
Braille production in Nigeria
Tunisia, Mali,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Somaliland, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Activities in
Africa
General
As in previous years, the activities varied from place to place,
depending on the level of development, and the special wishes of the libraries.
In large areas where the same language is used for education and communication,
either as a primary or secondary language, the tendency is to set up a network between
libraries and production centres. In other cases, there is generally greater
local emphasis with respect to making libraries accessible.
Mali, Burkina Faso, and
Cameroon
Braille workshops
mathematics and physics
In recent years, FORCE and Le
Regard de Montéclair have assisted in the development of Braille production
centres in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Cameroon. This year, on the request of these
centres, workshops were organised to introduce a standard Braille code for
mathematics and physics. It had not been possible to date for students to study
these subjects, causing major problems in their secondary education.
All teaching staff and Braillists of all the centres participated in the
workshops. The teachers are subsequently responsible for teaching the students
this new code. All three centres now produce all types of school books.
Burkina Faso
La Renaissance
The project consists of the construction of a school for blind children,
orphans, and children abandoned by their parents. The first phase was completed
in October with the opening of six schoolrooms for primary education and the
administration building. The first children were able to start shortly after
the opening. Blind children will only be admitted in the second school year as
the teaching staff training still needs to be completed. FORCE will handle the
training and place a workstation for Braille production with the
administration.
These workstations consist of at least a computer,
scanner, printer, and Braille printer. La
Renaissance works together closely with ABPAM. This organization assists in the
teacher training as well as with the preparation of the children who will be
going to the school next year. In the meantime, all Braille documents are
Brailled at ABPAM, which will serve to further strengthen the cooperation.
ABPAM
All the computers are now linked in a network. A Swiss foundation
donated a second Braille printer. The centre now has three full workstations,
and two full-time Braillists. ABPAM is now able to meet the demand. The
volunteers who (de)Braille the secondary education students’ homework can now
also work at a computer in the centre.
Rwanda
In February 2004, plans were drawn up in the Kigali
Institute for the development of a Braille
production centre. In this instance, FORCE was represented by Steve Allford of
the Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) as it was to be a joint
project.
The fundraising was highly
successful, with VISIO providing the lion’s share of the funding. In November, FORCE and CBM paid a working visit to Kigali. It became clear that little had been done
within the institute with respect to the project. Alternative locations were
mentioned, and alternative plans were drafted. Unfortunately, VISIO indicated
that was not prepared to proceed with the alternatives, and the project has
been halted for the time being due to a lack of funds.
Tunisia
The Braille centre is highly successful, and all the more so since not
only has it been possible to purchase a second printer, but FORCE was able to
deliver a third Braille printer thanks to French and Swiss funds. This printer
will meet the needs for French and Arabic Braille.
Nigeria
The major project started in 2003 comprising the development of the
central catalogue and database is going well. Throughout the year, FORCE was
involved in the negotiations and exchange of information between the various
participants. Braille production workshops were organised by local
organizations. Part of the workshops was funded by FORCE. Discussions during
the IDP Forum (see South Africa) emphasised the problem of
the lack of a standard Braille code in
Nigeria. FORCE provided funding for a get-together to discuss this issue. In
order to be sure that delegations from neighbouring countries were able to
attend, making it possible to facilitate standardisation over a larger area,
the meeting was moved to February 2005. De Braille typewriter from Kaluga (Russia) was tested
in Nigeria and approved.
The wish is to purchase fifty machines, for which financial support will
be sought from the Nigerian government.
Zimbabwe
The new head of the library for the blind of the Dorothy Duncan Center
had been busy developing a method for the production of talking books for
schools in Zimbabwe for some time. FORCE was asked to offer support. The
project was financed together with NOVIB. Initially, the going was slow. During
the IDP Forum (see South Africa), it was understood that
production with the DAISY system would offer
major benefits. Major progress has been made since. With assistance from Japan
and India, the library now has a license to use the DAISY system. Two studios
are under construction.
Together with the National Library for the Blind and the Etap project in
Ghana, the Dorothy Duncan Library for the Blind has agreed to act as the basis
for a network of producers and distributors of DAISY products in a project
known as DAISY for Africa. FORCE is a member of this group that was founded on
the initiative of Sight Savers International.
South Africa
The South African National Library for the Blind has received the
resources to employ a French researcher to analyse the library’s activities and
to indicate which work could be performed by the visually-impaired. Marie-Helen
Dougnat of the National Library School is specialised in training blind
secretaries. Unfortunately the project had to be moved to 2005 as Ms Dougnat
was ill.
IDP Forum
The third Africa Forum of the Institutional Development Program (IDP) of the World Blind Union
took place in Johannesburg in May 2004. The theme was ‘Engagement in
Citizenship: creating space and opportunity in civil society for the blind and
visually impaired.’ In the context of the forum, FORCE organised a workshop for
representatives of libraries for the blind. Heads of libraries from Uganda,
Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Nigeria were enabled to attend
the workshop. In addition to discussions on issues of mutual interest, there
was also an open forum on Braille standards within the forum.
The forum was attended by 50 participants, and was an ideal opportunity
for establishing contact with representatives of most of the African
organisations of or for the blind. The result will undoubtedly be an increased
call for assistance. A project is being developed in cooperation with the
Dutch/Somali foundation Doses of Hope to initiate Braille production in an
orthopaedic clinic set up by Doses of Hope in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Vietnam,
Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia
Activities in
Southeast Asia
General
FORCE has had a special relationship with the Sabah State Library (SSL) since FORCE was founded. Employees of the SSL acted as the secretariat for the region for years. This secretariat
cooperation ended at the end of 2004. The special relationship with the SSL
will remain, but the activities of a separate secretariat were no longer useful
for FORCE or for the SSL.
Malaysia
On the request of the Board, Chris Day, a FORCE volunteer, analysed the
activities of the Braille production centre of the St. Nicolas School for the
Blind in Penang. He drafted a number of recommendations for improvements and
presented these to the Board. These improvements will be implemented in the
course of 2005.
Employees of the Sabah State Library took part in the Tactile Graphics
workshop in Hanoi. Vu Yin Wong, Deputy Director of the de SSL, was present as
observer at the workshop ‘The accessibility of public libraries for the
visually impaired’ (see Vietnam for
both workshops).
Cambodia
A swell paper machine was donated to the Krousar foundation. One of the
foundation’s employees was invited to attend the Tactile Graphics workshop in
Hanoi. A close relationship has been developed with Resources for the Blind (RBI) in Manila. In 2004.
agreements were made as to the organisation of a Tactile Graphics workshop in
early 2005, and a swell paper machine was donated in preparation for this
workshop.
In addition, FORCE financed a sound studio for the
production of digital talking books for the RBI offices in Davao. The National Library of the Philippines received a CCTV for the
department for the visually impaired.
Indonesia
Together with On-Net (a joint venture
between the Overbrook School for the Blind in the USA and the NIPPON Foundation
in Japan), FORCE is financing a major three-year project of the Mitra Netra
foundation. The project includes the development of new Indonesian Braille
translation software, the joint production of a large number of Braille books, and
setting up a joint catalogue of the books produced that can be accessed
on-line. The project is a follow-up to a workshop previously financed by FORCE,
which had the objective of improving the cooperation between the various
Braille producers in Indonesia. One of the main objectives of the project is to
train the staff of the participating institutions.
Evaluation
Dark&Light project
The production of Braille and talking books by Mitra Netra has been
financed by Dark&Light for some years. On the request of Dark&Light,
FORCE evaluated this project. With the exception of a few minor points, the
project is going well. One point of concern was the limited space available for
production and the limited input of local sponsors. The latter point in particular
needs to be looked at more closely.
As in 2003, the bulk of the activities for he Southeast Asia region were
in Vietnam. The General Sciences Library (GSL) in Ho Chi Minh City plays a key role in these
activities. The following took place in the course of the year.
Vietnam
Victor reading
machines
Since 2003, the GSL studio has been producing talking books in a digital
format. Initially, these books are distributed via the provincial and district
libraries. At the start of 2004, some 60 libraries received a special reading
machine and the necessary books. In the course of 2004, a fundraising campaign
was held with Wilde Ganzen / ICCO in order to provide an additional 40
libraries with such a machine. The financing was completed at the end of 2004,
with distribution of the machines to take place at the start of 2005.
Magnification apparatus (CCTVs)
The five CCTVs for the reading rooms of the General Sciences Library,
financed by means of a campaign with Wilde Ganzen / ICCO, could only be placed
in the course of 2004. The same happened to 50 old CCTVs from Tieman that were
offered at a very reasonable price by Tieman Nederland. The negotiations with
customs took until November before the equipment was finally released. The
equipment was distributed during the ‘The accessibility of public libraries for
the visually impaired’ workshop.
Drawing competition
FORCE again contributed to the success of the drawing
competition held annually by GSL. More blind children were able to participate
this year than in 2003.It is still only a
fraction of the total number of participants, but simply the fact that they can
participate is important. The special paper used for the drawings was provided,
as were a number of scent crayons. The scents indicate the colours of the
crayons. The final and presentation of the prizes was again a highpoint of the
event.
The accessibility of
public libraries for the visually impaired Workshop
Ho Chi Minh City 15 – 19 November
In November, a workshop was organised for 64 (Deputy) Directors of
provincial libraries in cooperation with the Ministry for Culture and
Information, and the General Sciences Library. FORCE financed the presence of
three trainers from England, including David Owen, Director of Share the
Vision, Janis Maskort, Director of the Sheffield City Library, and Jenny
Craven, researcher at Manchester University. These trainers have previously
held this workshop for FORCE in Chile and in Mexico. Emilia Persoon of the
Federation of Dutch Libraries for the Blind (FNB) was also present.
Together they showed the participants how to make a public library more
accessible for the visually impaired, both physically and with respect to
content. The response from the participants was extremely positive, and over
the coming years, the Ministry of Culture and Information intends to devote far
more attention to the subject.
Employee
training talking book studio
In addition to her reading on DAISY, Emilia Persoon of the FNB evaluated
the activities of the GSL studio, made proposals as to improvements, and gave
the employees some additional training. A start will be made on reading the
study material out loud in the course of 2005. This requires special training.
Award
Before the start of the ‘The accessibility of public libraries for the
visually impaired’ workshop, the Secretary of State for Culture and Information
awarded FORCE’s Director Ministry’s highest award. He is only the second
non-native to receive such an award. The Dutch Consul General attended the
ceremony.
Best Practice
Manual
An important aspect of the abovementioned workshop is the so-called Best
Practice Manual, drafted by organisations in the UK. The participants
considered the translation and editing of this manual into Vietnamese highly
important. The Dutch consulate in Ho Chi Minh and FORCE provided the financing
for this editing work.
Tactile drawings
and graphics Workshop
Hanoi 3– 8 May
The use of tactile drawings and graphics in education is an important issue
in the production of Braille books. The workshop was led by Peter König, an
employee of the Dutch Federation of Libraries of the Blind. He has developed a
manual for this course, which was especially translated into Vietnamese for
this workshop. The participants from Cambodia and Malaysia received an English
version of the manual.
The General Sciences Library (GSL) was given a
large swell paper machine. During the workshop, it
was agreed that final production of the drawings would take place at GSL.
Internet Café
In April, Leo Voogt, Member of the FORCE Committee of Recommendation
officially opened the Internet café at the General Sciences Library, suitable
for sighted and the visually impaired. The majority of the finances for the
café were donated by the Elsevier Foundation. Of course the portion for the
visually impaired came from FORCE. Leo Voogt played an important negotiation
role in the application for the financing by the Elsevier Foundation.
Mexico, Costa
Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
Activities in
Latin America
The policy to improve Braille production in this area
is bearing fruit. FORCE has a bi-polar policy in Latin America.
1) Making it possible for existing Braille producers
to produce better products that meet the ULAC standards by means of workshops
organised by FORCE.
2) Finding institutions that could produce Braille,
but do not yet have the means to do so.
An important part of Braille production, especially for educational
needs, is the production of tactile drawings. In 2004, the first workshop on
the issue in Latin America was organised.
Bolivia
The APRECIA Foundation in Santa Cruz not only provides a number of
services to the visually impaired in Santa Cruz, but also supports and
coordinates a number of programmes with institutions across the country. For
example, APRECIA has a school and provides primary education and integration in
the regular education in the area.
One of APRECIA’s most critical issues was the lack of a Braille
production centre. With the support of a Dutch foundation, FORCE was able to
ensure the set-up of a full Braille production centre, and to provide the
necessary training for the staff.
Tactile drawings
/ Braille production workshop
18 – 22 October
A tactile drawings and Braille production workshop was held as part of
the training for the staff of APRECIA and the Escuela de Ciegos Santa Lucia in
Asunción, among others (see Paraguay).
Peter König, employee of the
Federation of Dutch Libraries for the Blind travelled to Bolivia
especially for this workshop. During the workshop, the participants were
presented with special software for Braille production and making drawings.
Paraguay
The Escuela de Ciegos Santa Lucia in Asunción is an education institution
that provides education for blind and multiply-handicapped children across the
country. The provision of Braille was causing a great deal of problems, and
there was no own production. All materials in adapted form are donations from
abroad. This meant that none of the books that are used in standard education
were accessible to children from this school. A fundraising campaign in the
Netherlands provided the necessary funds to initiate local Braille production.
Of course the staff also received the necessary training. The project will
continue in 2005.
Costa Rica
Audio
Information Systems Workshop
San José, 23 – 26 February
The main objective of this workshop is to give the participants the information
necessary to set up an Audio Information System where they live. It is not easy
to get a full radio, information, and reading service that is operable day and
night off the ground. After the workshop, however, participants have the skills
to start a limited reading service, which could be transformed into a full
service. The participants are informed about the various types of Audio
Information Systems and how to broadcast the signal where they live. The workshop is given by IAAIS,
the International Association of Audio Information Services. The participants
came from institutions from Central America and Mexico.
Mexico
Advanced Braille
Workshop
Xalapa, 1 – 5 March
This workshop is a follow-up
to the first Braille production workshop given in 2003 for participants in the Veracruz region. The participants stem from institutions for special
education or libraries that have to produce educational material in Braille. A
second advanced workshop is always held as a follow-up to the basic Braille production
course. Patricia Guevara and Juan Carlos gave the training together.
Braille books in
local languages
The production of Braille books by ABCAC in local languages in Mexico is
continuing slowly but surely.
Peru
Braille
Production Workshop
Lima, 29 November – 3 December
In the past, a number of institutions in Peru received Braille printers
from various sources. However, a number of these machines are still in their
boxes as a Braille production workshop had never been organised.
Other institutions do tend to produce small amounts of Braille, but with
major difficulties. A lack of schooling is also to blame for this. FORCE
decided to improve this situation, and organised a Braille production workshop
in the Escuela de Ciegos Luis Braille in Lima. The participants came from the
entire region. The training programme included both production with DBT
software and the use of WinBraille. At the end of the week, the participants
were able to produce small, simple books. The DBT programme was given to the
participants. An advanced workshop is certainly required.
Russia, Ukraine
Activities in
the Russian Federation and the CIS countries
Belgorod
The regional library for the blind had submitted a project
for the development of computer workshops for blind and the visually impaired
with the objective of training them in the use of the Internet and for
distributing their own information. Halfway through the project, 340 people had
participated in the project, and 64 had received extensive training. The
service is to be expanded in the future. In part, the project was made possible
by a donation from a Dutch fund.
Novgorod
The Braille printer purchased by FORCE in 2003 finally arrived in
Novgorod and was installed in the new library for the blind. The production of
Braille material has started.
Moscow
There are two running projects in the Russian State Library for the
Blind:
1. The central catalogue
2. Adapting the interactive web-based encyclopaedia of Cyrill and
Methodius for the visually impaired
The progress of these projects was discussed with publishers and the
library during the Crimea conference.
The Crimea Conference
As in recent years, FORCE ensured that about half of the participants in
the libraries for the blind workshop were able to attend the annual conference
in Sudak in the Crimea. The workshops were organised by members of staff of the
Library for the Blind in Moscow. There was a combination of presentations and
groups discussions on new technologies and their impact on management and the
development of new services.
During the conference, the Head of Library Affairs of the St, Petersburg
State Library presented FORCE with the Diploma First Class of the Ekaterina
Daskova award. The award is presented for services to the Library for the Blind
in St. Petersburg and Russian libraries for the blind in general.
Kaluga
An example of the portable Braille typewriter was presented during the
Crimea conference (see Nigeria).
Other
activities
The International
Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
FORCE continues to be an active member of the libraries for the blind
section. The section’s Spring Meeting was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in
combination with a conference for libraries for the blind of the Baltic States
entitled ‘Digital books for the blind and the integration of the blind in the
information society’.
During the IFLA conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August, the
section had a joint workshop with the Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons
section entitled: ‘Balances of copyright and licensing: Access to information
for print-handicapped people’.
The 2005 Spring Meeting was held at the end of 2004. The World Blind
Union organised a congress in Cape Town. It seemed like a good idea to hold the
meeting for the libraries for the blind section prior to this congress in South
Africa’s national library for the blind in Grahamstown.
Ulverscroft Award
The Ulverscroft Foundation in cooperation with IFLA’s libraries for the
blind section continues to support personal and institutional professionalism
for employees of libraries for the blind. FORCE is on the jury.
Union Latino-Americana de
Ciegos (ULAC).
FORCE continues to work together closely with ULAC. The annual meeting
was attended in Quito.
Union Francophone des
Aveugles (UFA)
The cooperation with UFA continued in 2004.
European
Projects
The European Commission has approved a major project, EUAIN, or European Union Accessible Information Network. This project is
concerned with making information available to those in Europe with a reading
disability. FORCE is a member of the consortium and is charged with looking at
what is done in practice by information suppliers such as publishers and
broadcasting companies to genuinely make information accessible.
Royal National Institute
for the Blind (RNIB)
FORCE enjoys close ties with the RNIB. It is not a coincidence that one
of FORCE’s board members is a member of the board of the RNIB. In 2004, the
RNIB needed assistance in distributing Braille globes as one of the RNIB’s
warehouses needed to be cleared. FORCE provided the RNIB with a large database
of addresses of libraries for the blind, blind schools, and other institutions.
In the course of the year, all addresses provided in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America received a number of globes.
Fundraising
Due to a lack of response, the Care & Share program was terminated
in 2004. The projects that still needed to be performed will be financed in
other ways.
In 2004, the cooperation with fundraising agency Sanders continued. The
agency selects a number of addresses from its databases for the mailings. The
agency is also involved in selecting the projects and drafting the associated
material.
The results in 2004 were good, although it is apparent that there is
only a limited number of funds in the Netherlands that are interested in the
work FORCE does. Expanding the fundraising to Germany and the UK amongst others
is an attempt to involve more funds in FORCE’s work.
A special campaign in 2004 addressed fundraising with Wilde Ganzen/ICCO
for 40 Victor reading machines for provincial libraries in Vietnam. The
campaign was closed successfully at the end of 2004.
Funds
FORCE receives contributions from a number of sources:
De Rotterdamse Vereniging Blindenbelangen
De Vrienden van het Braille- en Gesproken Boek
Het Hetty Wellensiek- van Klaveren Fonds
De Tanna Wilhelmina Bruijnzeel stichting
Wilde Ganzen/ICCO
NOVIB
Paul Tensen Stichting
Stichting Algemene Spaarbank Nederland
Johanna Donk-Grote Stichting
Stichting Jong
Stichting GroteBerg
Burden Charitable Foundation
UFA (Union Francophone des Aveugles)
FISAF (National Federation for the integration of blind and deaf in France)
Landelijke Stichting Blinden en Slechtzienden
Katholieke Jongerenbelangen
Stichting Blinden-Penning
De Groot Fonds
Stichting Goede Doelen
There are also a number of funds that wish to remain anonymous. FORCE is
hugely grateful to all donors for their contributions.
Abridged
Annual Accounts 2004
Balance as of 31
December 2004
Assets
Fixed assets
Liquid assets
Receivables
Liabilities
Net assets and reserves
Creditors
Operating
accounts for 2004
Income
Contributions by third parties
Interest
Expenses
Projects
Staff costs
Office costs
Result
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Translation
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