| The beginning of this service provider organization dates back to 1956 when it was called the National Council for the Welfare of the Deaf and the Blind. |
| Its first President being Prof. G.P. Malalasekera and the First Hony.Secretary Hector Arul-nayakan attorney at-law. It had Mr. .C.J Oorloff, Sir Cyril De Soyza as Presidents and Mrs. Sita Seneviratna, Mrs. D.A. Ranasinghe as Hony. Secretaries prior to the period 1971. |
The bifurcation of this organization took place in 1971 with the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind and the National Council for the Deaf functioning as two separate service provider organizations. |
| Sri Lanka Council for the Blind had been gazetted as an approved charity as far back as November 1971 under LDB 7/63.We have had to date eminent personalities of this organization the late Sir Senerath Gunawardena, Mr. A.S. Chatoor, Dr K.L.V. Alagiyawanna, Mr. S.M. Benjamin, Dr. Wickrama Weerasooriya and Mr.Amaradasa Gunawardena and Mr. S.L. Hettiarachchi the current Hony. Secretary cum Executive Director the most senior living member of this organization from the year 1957. This is the only premier, principal national service provider organization for the Blind / Vision Impaired persons in the whole of Sri Lanka . Hence, our services not confined to a selected membership but open to the Blind / Vision Impaired community at large irrespective of the class, creed, or denomination and all in all a non sectarian body. This council is governed by an executive committee of 23 members while 60 % of the committee consists of the Blind / Vision Impaired persons as members. The composition of the general council is through life members and honorary members of sighted and Blind /Vision Impaired persons. The executive committee is elected annually. Our concern is also transparency. Openness and accountability. |
| Affiliation |
| Member -World Blind Union Member -Asian Blind Union Member -Asia Pacific Center For The Disabled – (APCD) Member –National Council for Persons with Disabilities under the - Ministry of social services and Social Welfare Member -Special Education Advisory Committee - Ministry of Education Member -Visually Handicapped Rehabilitation Trust Fund Board-Department of Social Services Member –Practical Action – Development With disabled Net Work Member- Lernard Cheshire International –(LCDRC) Member -National Federation of sports for the Disabled [Selection committee Ministry of Sports] Member -Disability Organizations Joint Front (DOJF) Member -DAISY Lanka Foundation |
| VISION |
| To make the Blind see what others think they do not see. |
| MISSION |
| To work together with the Blind and sighted identifying the needs and aspirations of Blind / Vision Impaired persons and to provide required facilities for Educational, Social, Employment, Cultural and Secure equity. Dedicated to provide free services to the Blind community. The services provided which were based on charity, will in future, be based on rights , development and empowerment. |
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