Foundation Vidanta Award 2015 Winners.

First Prize: Tiflonexos Asociación Civil, Argentina.

The non profit organization Tiflonexos through its Tiflolibros program has created the first digital library for Spanish speaking blind . 7,500 blind or visually impaired and more than 300 institutions that work with visually impaired people directly access this library has over 50,000 books . Tiflolibros experience led in 2007 the Argentine Congress passed Law 26285 , which established exceptions to copyright to promote the production of accessible books.

More info: https://www.tiflonexos.org/

SSecond Prize: Asociación Civil Aprendo Contigo, Peru.

Aprendo Contigo is a non- profit corporation that through its Hospital Classrooms program develops specialized educational and recreational services in various hospitals of Peru , promoting the right to education of children and young people with medical needs , inpatient or outpatient treatment.

More info: http://www.aprendocontigo.com

Third Prize: Italo-Colombiana de Monte Tabor Foundation, Colombia.

The Italo-Colombian Monte Tabor Foundation has created through its program “intervention for the improvement of health conditions of the Colombian Pacific communities”, a floating hospital -the San Rafaelle Hospital - which provides medical assistance to people who live in areas with difficult geographical access and with armed conflict problems.

Más info: www.barcohospitalhsr.org y www.ficmontetabor.com