Public Sector

Under the Auspices and the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

• “Cultural actions and programs for promoting the catholic access of blind and visually impaired people to culture”. For the period May-December 2023, the association is implementing the Action entitled: ‘‘Cultural actions and programs for promoting the catholic access of blind and visually impaired people to culture’’ under the financial support and the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
• “Cultural actions and programs for promoting the catholic access of blind and visually impaired people to culture”. For the period May-December 2021, the association implemented the Action entitled: ‘‘Cultural actions and programs for promoting the catholic access of blind and visually impaired people to culture’’ under the financial support and the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
• “Cultural actions and programs for promoting the catholic access of blind and visually impaired people to culture’’. For the year 2020, the association implemented the Action entitled: ‘‘Cultural actions and programs for promoting the catholic access of blind and visually impaired people to culture’’ under the financial support and the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
• “Cultural actions and programs for combating discriminations and inequalities”. For the year 2019, the association implemented the Program: ‘‘Αctions of Cultural and Artistic Inclusion of blind and visually impaired people for combating discrimination: Promotion and communication of cultural actions, creation of opportunities for equal participation and coexistence’’ under the financial support and the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Under the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports

• “Creation of Digital Tactual Museum”. For the period May-December 2021, the Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece implemented the Project entitled: “Creation of Digital Tactual Museum’’ under the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
• Τhe Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, majorly contributed in 2016-2017 to the reparation of building damages and reoperation of the Tactual Museum.

General Secretariat of the Olympic Games

The General Secretariat of the Olympic Games with the General Secretary, Mr. K. Kartalis, enriched the Museum’s collection with the donation of 10 copies of the athletics thematographia. In addition, the ministry donated a copy of Hermes of Praxiteles status and contributed to the creation of the Olympic Games Room.

The Perfecture of Attica has kindly supported:

• Τhe printing of the magazines and various documents in Braille form of the Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece for 2021, by covering a great part of the needs in braille paper.
• The printing of the magazines and various documents in Braille form of the Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece in 2017, by covering the braille paper needed.
• The Perfecture of Attica and the EDSNA -responsible body for the waste management- have been operating since 2017 a Program for the collection and recycle of paper, for its further use in a recycled form for the printing of Braille books and documents.

The Hellenic Parliament through kind grants has greatly supported:

• The restoration of building damages at the Tactual Museum in 2022
• The restoration of damages to the Historical Building, where the Tactual Museum is housed and therefore to its reopening –after a pause of actions- in 2016-2017.
• The purchase of a Braille printer and the printing of supportive material for visually impaired visitors at the Tactual Museum.

The Ministry of Health & Social Solidarity, with its grant in the period 2002-2003, contributed to the restoration of the Tactual Museum’s building damages after the earthquake in 1999.