The Military Order of the Collar
Charitable Foundation (MOC Foundation)
Registered Charity 1044060
The Blind Relief Association (Delhi)
The Blind Relief Association was founded in Delhi in 1945 with the principal aim of ensuring that visually impaired people are not marginalised but rather integrated into the community through education and training. Its pupils come from all over India and are expertly supervised. The Association has equipment in place to produce audio-cassettes and Braille books (the BRA's library has 4000 Braille books) but not the funds to operate it.
Since 1997, the MOC Charitable Foundation has financed the operational costs of producing audiocassettes and text-books in English, Hindi and Sanskrit, in Braille, including the purchase of the blank cassettes and the paper for a year at a time. Thanks to our contribution, several thousand tapes and hundreds of Braille books are produced every year. For example, between July 2000 and June 2001, 850 Braille books and over 13,000 cassettes were produce thanks to our support. We have since assist the B.R.A. with the purchase of state of the art digital equipment, to replace tapes with CDs.
In 1999, the MOC Foundation provided a much-needed combined goods and personnel vehicle in memory of one of the Trustees who died in 1998. This vehicle increased the effectiveness of the work of this institution by allowing it to transport students and equipment to work places where they can seek further experience, as well as to outside places of study.
In 2002 we purchased a new high speed duplicator for the production of audio cassettes and funded another replacement goods and personnel vehicle.
From 2003 the Trustees decided to extend assistance to this commendable institution by providing funds for a special class for blind children with learning disabilities.
In 2006 the Trustees committed additional resources, agreeing to purchase another goods and personnel vehicle.
The Trustees will be supporting BRA in 2009 assisting with classes for disabled children and contributing towards another vehicle, in addition to the on-going Braille and cassettes sponsorship.
All equipment and special tuition grants are in addition to our regular annual contribution for Braille material.
By the end of the 2009 reporting year the MOC Foundation contributed close to £100,000 (i.e. almost US$ 170,000) towards projects run by the B.R.A.
Ethiopia Orphanage
In Africa we are currently supporting an orphanage in Ethiopia, through The Ethiopia Link" - reg charity 1086141. The charity has set up a small house in the suburbs of Addis Ababa providing shelter for 8 boys and girls between the ages of 5 to 13 years.
