[NYTr] Cuban Rehab System for Visually Impaired Celebrates 17th Anniversary

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Many Visually Impaired People Benefit from Cuban Rehab System

Havana, Oct 22 (acn) More that 1,600 Cuban and foreign students, mostly 
from Latin America, have studied at the National Center of 
Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired People in this 
capital, which has its 17th anniversary on Monday.

Classified by Cuban President Fidel Castro as one of the most 
humanitarian works of the Revolution, the educational center trains the 
pupils in the specialized techniques in the use of the stick, in the 
Braille reading and writing system, and in the use of the abacus to 
make quick and complex mathematical operations.

Director of the center, Jose Raul Baquet, noted that a classroom for 
the teaching of computer sciences has been recently opened, which also 
gives access to the students to virtual portals, and international 
meetings and courses for people with visual impairments.

The celebration of the anniversary includes a number of cultural 
activities and a ceremony to pay homage to those who have contributed 
to the good functioning of the institution with their daily activity.