Canes for the Blind

Dear Sandra,
I have given four white canes out yesterday during my training with a group of persons with disabilities at St. Jude Consolation Home. It was a big group consisting of different types of disabilities. Among the group there was Lucy, Lakwonyero, Santos and others. I have called this meeting to organize the disabled persons within the Municipality into groups of four and have them elect their leaders in order for them to seek assistance from non-governmental organizations and other charitable organizations. It worked well and the elected leaders will meet on the 13th Sept. to discuss a way forward and report back to members on 11th Oct.

   Man having just received his white cane. There were new blind persons that attended the meeting and they requested me to obtain for them the white canes. I have given some to a few because I only have very small canes (for young children) only. If you have the possibility of getting more white canes it would help me addressing their needs.

Samuel

The letter above was written by the director of the St. Jude’s Consolation Home. Samuel was the one who introduced us to the two schools in Gulu that are inclusive of blind