On 18 November 2009, Sense International held a tenth birthday celebration which was attended by HRH The Princess Royal. Originally part of Sense, Sense International began working in 1994, and became an independent charity in 1999.
Read about some of the milestones (pdf, 70kb) from Sense International's first decade.
More about Sense International
Sense International works in less developed countries to help people who are both deaf and blind to live full and active lives.
They provide educational, vocational and training services, and help local organisations and governments to meet the needs of deafblind people.
They have 57 staff members worldwide. The first programme was set up in India a decade ago and SI now provide support to more than 30,000 deafblind people in ten countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Peru, Romania, Tanzania and Uganda.
In addition, they campaign with governments and the public to uphold the rights of the hundreds of thousands of people who face challenges because of deafblindness.
