Vakok és Gyengénlátók Somogy Megyei Egyesülete

Founded in 2004, Vakok és Gyengénlátók Somogy Megyei Egyesülete is a non-profit association based in Kaposvár, Hungary working on disability, community development, education.

The Somogy County Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted is a non-profit membership association founded in 2004 that supports people with visual impairment in Somogy county, Hungary. It is the county branch of the national Hungarian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted. Its services include an information office, peer support groups, massage, aid equipment lending and support for purchasing aids, personal assistance, social administration help, and donation distribution. It runs five local district groups in Kaposvár, Marcali, Barcs, Nagyatád and Siófok, and holds awareness-raising programmes for schools, municipalities and organisations. It also advocates for the rights of visually impaired people, including on aid equipment provision, and employs people with disabilities as an accredited workplace. Membership is open to people over 14 with at least 67% sight loss, and supporting members (pártoló tagok) can join to help the work through fees, volunteering or donations.