Index Braille in Sweden developed a Braille printer that is very unique and in fact the only one in the world that can produce Braille in book form. The advantage of this machine is the ability to produce any small or large amounts of Braille in shart spaces of time. We-shop has the sole distributorship in Southern Africa of these printers. Two of the biggest universities in South Africa, University of Cape Town & Stellenbosch purchased 1 each of these printers.

2.BRAILLE PRINTING We-shop is the only community organisation in South Africa with it’s own Braille printing press with the capacity to produce any reading material in Braille within a short space of time. With only two major Braille presses in South Africa, We-shop became the 3rd meaningful press. In a recent very exiting and also a first, the Braille exam papers of an African country (name cannot be mentioned for security reasons) was produced here.

3. POTTERY The pottery department was one of the first facilities that we developed and we were surprised to discover how blind people were able to master this art. Although much energy and time is spend on training, the quality of our products is of a very high standard and a variety of items are made with special care. Batho Travel & Tourism (www.batho.co.za) who has a close relationship with the project bring there tourist to We-shop for craft purchases and in doing so expose the project to international and also local visitors. We are very versatile in our production and does a lot of personalised items for individuals, organisations and companies.

4. UPHOLSTERY
The upholstery department is a fairly popular facility and many disabled people were trained over the almost ten years of the existence of We-shop. Refurbishment of lounge suites, chairs, car seats and other general upholstery work are done here. Our present instructors are products of our training. As in all departments special group training sessions in conjunction with the Government Department Of Labour are offered on a regular basis. These courses are with groups of twelve over a period of 20 days for people without disabilities and longer for those with disabilities depending on the type of disability and the persons needs. Certificate ceremonies are held upon completion of these courses.

5. CLEANING PRODUCTS
Bell Products a chemical manufacturing company, made available some domestic and industrial high quality cleaning products in the beginning to We-shop to start this department. These products are really of a very high standard and has many useful applications domestically and industrially. The chemicals are decanned and sold on the premises.