The Latin American Region is characterised by some very poor countries and some very big rich cities. There is no census on disability hence it is difficult to plan services.
Taking this analysis into account ICEVI elaborated the Plan of Action for the region for four years.
During the second year of the Plan of Action (2000), the following activities are being carried out:
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Honduras: Orientation and Mobility
Course
- Dominican Republic: Elaboration of the National Plan on
Integrated Education.
- Mexico: Low Vision Course
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El Salvador: Rehabilitation Based on
the Community Sub-regional Conference in Cancun.
- Colombia: Integrated Education Course
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Colombia: Low Vision Course
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Ecuador:
Integrated Education Course at
sub-regional level
- Ecuador:
Organization of the Sub-regional
- Perú: Rehabilitation Based on the Community
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Paraguay: Abacus Course
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Paraguay: Low Vision Course
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Uruguay:
Early Intervention Courses in three different cities.
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Brazil: Integration of the children with Low Visual
Impairment
- Chile: Early Intervention Course
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Chile: Low Vision Course
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Argentina: Organization of the Sub-regional Conference
2001
- Argentina: Orientation and Mobility Course.
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Argentina: Meeting for the organization on the Special
Group on Low Vision
Regional Activity: to establish the communication net among the institutions and professional on Low Vision.
Regional Activity: distribution of the Newsletter: “ICEVInforma”. Twice per year.
Because the Latin American Region is big and the tickets are very costly, ICEVI Latin American Region decided it would be better to organize three small sub-regional conferences than only to organize one big regional conference.
The first of these sub-regional conferences was held in Cacun – México from August 7th to 10th, 2000. Approximately, 160 teachers, professionals and parents from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean island (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic) and Argentina attended.
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