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| 2016 |
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Siloam Industry acquired KS certification(Street light tool, Tunnel light tool) |
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Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind was invited by Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Mongolia to perform celebrating holding the 11th ASEM Summit in Mongolia |
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Siloam Center for the Blind was awarded the 3rd Reverend KYUNGCHIK HAN Memorial Award | |
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| 2017 |
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Awarded the Judges’ Special Prize at the Korea Advertising Awards for “The Exhibition Without Pictures” (Korea Advertising Festival) |
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Awarded Outstanding Social Welfare Program for “Tactile Materials Production and Distribution Project” (Ministry of Health and Welfare) | |
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Published Living as a Deaf-Blind Person: Deaf-Blind Reality | |
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Signed a designated hospital partnership agreement (Sarang Hospital) | |
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Held the 15th & 16th Hyomyeong Scholarship Award Ceremony for nurturing next-generation leaders with visual impairments | |
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Signed an industry–academic cooperation agreement to promote welfare for people with visual impairments (Soongsil University Lifelong Education Institute) |
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| 2018 |
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Published French Braille Guidebook |
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Hosted the nation’s first Archery Demonstration Event for People with Visual Impairments | |
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Launched the mobile application “Siloam HealthMoa” to improve access to medication information for people with visual impairments (Supported by Community Chest of Korea & Samsung “Nanum & Dream” Program) |
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Selected for an international development cooperation project supporting independent living for people with disabilities in developing countries (Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia – Seoul Metropolitan Government) |
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Produced and distributed tactile science textbooks for curriculum-based education (Supported by POSCO International) | |
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Implemented a three-year public welfare fund project “Exercise Program for Health Promotion of Youth with Visual (and Multiple) Disabilities” (Seoul Metropolitan Government, 2018–2020) |
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Signed an agreement as an operating institution for the Severely Disabled Internship Program (Seoul Metropolitan Government) | |
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Signed a designated hospital partnership agreement (Siloam Eye Hospital) | |
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Conducted the production and distribution project of tactile mathematics Braille textbooks (Supported by LG Innotek) | |
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Conducted the production and distribution project of tactile economics textbooks (Supported by Credit Card Foundation) |
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Launched vocational training programs for people with visual impairments, including Women’s Massage Entrepreneurship Training and Disability Rights Education & Counseling Specialist Training | |
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| 2019 |
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Hosted the 20th Anniversary Homecoming Day of the Siloam Basic Rehabilitation Program for people with acquired visual impairments |
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Produced and distributed tactile campus navigation maps for students with visual impairments (Korea Securities Finance Dream Sharing Foundation) |
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Signed an agreement for community-based welfare and disability awareness improvement activities (Gwanak-gu Small Business Association) |
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Selected for the tactile music Braille textbook project “My First Music Braille” (Community Chest of Korea, POSCO International) |
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Implemented a three-year private organization support project for senior welfare “Awareness Improvement and Health Promotion Program for Healthy Aging and Beautiful Life of Elderly (Disabled) Persons” (Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2019–2021) |
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Selected for the tactile Braille book production and distribution project “Science Talk at Your Fingertips” to promote Braille culture (Siloam Braille Library, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) |
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Selected for an international development cooperation project supporting independent living for people with disabilities (Tanzania, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka – Seoul Metropolitan Government) | |
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Selected as an implementing institution for the Disability Awareness Improvement Program (Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities) | |
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Designated as a diagnostic and assessment partner institution for Special Education Support Centers (Dongjak–Gwanak District Office of Education, Seoul) | |
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Held the 19th & 20th Hyomyeong Scholarship Award Ceremony for nurturing next-generation leaders with visual impairments | |
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| 2020 |
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Published Japanese Braille Guidebook (Revised Edition) |
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Launched YouTube channels: Siloam Exploratory Life, SISO TV, Hyomyeong Art Hall | |
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Established the Siloam Support Center for the Deaf-Blind (30 Gimsangok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul) | |
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Launched the Care SOS Project (Gwanak-gu) | |
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Founded the “Dreamy Art Troupe”, composed of individuals with the most severe visual developmental disabilities | |
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Implemented the Seoul-type Rights-Based Customized Public Employment Program for Persons with Severe Disabilities (2020–2023: 22 participants in 2020, 22 in 2021, 21 in 2022, 18 in 2023) |
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Implemented the Braille environment improvement project “Tactile Theme Map to the Subway – Touch Road” (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) | |
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Selected for an international development cooperation project supporting independent living for people with disabilities (Tanzania, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos – Seoul Metropolitan Government) | |
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Signed an industry–academic cooperation agreement for social welfare practice development and supervision (Department of Social Welfare, Chongshin University) | |
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Held the 21st & 22nd Hyomyeong Scholarship Award Ceremony for nurturing next-generation leaders with visual impairments | |
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| 2021 |
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Published the Korean Finger Braille Guidebook; developed the communication app “Snail” |
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Designated as a Disability Awareness Education Institution (14 institutions nationwide) by the Ministry of Health and Welfare | |
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Published “A Community Needs Assessment to Improve the Happiness Index of People with Visual Impairments in Gwanak-gu” | |
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Signed an MOU with the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development to enhance cultural accessibility and human rights for people with visual impairments and to address blind spots in entrepreneurship support | |
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Launched the website of the Siloam Disability Awareness Education Center (http://insik.siledu.org/) | |
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Signed an MOU with the Gyeongbokgung Palace Management Office, Cultural Heritage Administration | |
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Published a research report on vocational evaluation for people with visual impairments: “Vocational Evaluation Center: Focusing on Evaluation Results from 2010–2019” |
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Produced and distributed the tactile theme map “Touch Road” (supported by LG Innotek) | |
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Signed an MOU with Gyeongbokgung Palace to promote cultural participation rights and enhance understanding of cultural heritage for people with visual impairments | |
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Launched vocational training program “Postnatal Massage Specialist Training” |
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