LOFOB – Empower | Educate | Employ | E-nnovate

THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE BLIND
We enable visually impaired children, adults, their families and caregivers to realize and reach their full potential.
we EMPOWER
Our rehabilitation and independence development programmes provide newly blinded adults and youth with the opportunity to gain and improve the skills required to function independently. This empowerment lays the foundation for any progress to be made in education, employment and other social spheres.

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we EDUCATE
Education is integral to the development of our clients from a young age to late adulthood. For children, successful integration into special or mainstream schooling requires proper foundations. For adults who seek employment, completing Grade 12 is a difficult step that we prepare them for.

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we EMPLOY
Gainful employment is a natural progression from our empowerment and educational programmes. The declining rates of employment of disabled people is not only a global trend but affects us locally. In order to combat this trend, we prepare our adults to be skilled and confident in their abilities.

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we E-NNOVATE
LOFOB continues to work on innovative approaches to facilitate successful integration and inclusion for individuals . Working with businesses and universities, we E-nnovate by drawing on design thinking and traditional forms of academic inquiry for effective strategy, product or system development.

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you ENGAGE
LOFOB as an organization is supported by donors, partners, and volunteers from all around South Africa. With your engagement, our organization can continue to serve communities and lift up individuals to realize their potential.

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About & Services

The League of Friends of the Blind (LOFOB) is a Non-Governmental Organisation which caters to the needs of blind and visually impaired individuals. We work to further the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for Education and Decent Work.

Based in Grassy Park, Western Cape, we have been in operation since 1933 and have assisted in providing independence development services to thousands of individuals from all over South Africa and across the African continent.

Voices from Our Clients

This is more than achieving a qualification;
to me it is a triumph over the challenges
that blindness presented me as my sight failed me
in a classroom many years ago.

Sadia DanielsMainstream Education Support

We would like to thank the team at LOFOB for providing their services to our daughter Imaan over the years. Throughout the journey, LOFOB has generously offered their guidance and assistance on challenges that we faced in various facets of Imaan’s school life. To say that LOFOB has gone the extra mile with us would be an understatement. LOFOB has indeed walked many miles with us on our journey as we navigate through our challenges. Our heartfelt thanks again to the wonderful team at LOFOB. We wish you all the success!