The Development of Library Services for Blind and Partially Sighted Children In Africa.
A. A. Karimu, Ghana.
alimakarimu@gmail.com
The psychological, physical and social development of children has a direct impact on their overall development and on their life stages. However, the successful completion of all these developmental stages for children who are blind or partially sighted is sometimes challenging in various aspects because of the lack of adequate critical childhood services to support parents or guardians and the children themselves. One of such critical area is library services for blind and partially sighted children. Book reading would enable children who are blind or partially sighted increase their vocabulary, conceptualise their environment as well as aid them in acquiring social skills. This paper discusses the concept of the Vision Australia Feelix Library for children who are blind or partially sighted in the context of the Marrakesh Treaty and postulates how to introduce the concept across Africa.
