Page 34 - Two meetings of the National Committee on the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (CONRHA) were held in 2001 and 2003; - The centre for rehabilitated young blind persons was opened in 2003; - The Congress of the World Blind Union was held in 2004 in Yaoundé; - School aids and vehicles were donated to students with disabilities; - A second public centre for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities (CNRH) is under construction in the Far-North province, following signing in July 2004 of the partnership agreement with the Italian NGO AIAS AFRAGOLA; - The action plan to serve as basis for the partnership agreement between Cameroon and EMMAUS Suisse (ALES), an international NGO, is being finalized; - The Paul Emile Leger National Centre for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (CNRPH) in Yaoundé and the Rehabilitation Institute for the Blind in Buea have been audited. Furthermore, a decree was taken to transform the CNRH into a CNRHPEL to improve the capacity and diversity activities of management of disabilities; - Private promoters have been authorized to open special education institutions and have received operating subsidies; - Young Cameroonians registered in national and foreign institutions have been granted a special education allowance, which usually serves to defray the costs of schooling and purchase artificial aids; - Under decree 80/380 of 13 September 1980, the Rehabilitation Institute of Buea, whose mission is to ensure schooling and vocational training the blind and visually impaired, toward their socioeconomic reintegration; - Decree 77/495 of 7 December 1977, on the conditions for setting up and operating private social charities, regulates schools and institutions for children with disabilities; - Decree 90/1516 of 26 November 1990 establishing the modalities for the implementation of law 83/013 of 21 July 1983 on the protection of persons with disabilities, which contains provisions on educational assistance to the disabled, such as age exemptions, repeating classes and financial obligations;