Take Part in World Sight Day
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be blind or have a visual impairment?
CBM is supporting World Sight Day by giving you the chance to find out for just three minutes, by taking our “CBM White Cane Walk.”
Equipped with special simulation glasses and a white cane, you’re invited to find your way around our walking course solely by means of touch and your other senses.
You can take the CBM White Cane Walk here:
Dublin October 8th - Grafton Street
Cork October 10th - Patrick Street
Look out for our CBM Information Truck, where you can learn more about the work CBM Ireland is doing to save people in the developing world from Trachoma, River Blindness and Cataracts. You’ll also be able to find out more about the many ways we’re helping children and adults to cope with blindness, visual impairments and other disabilities.
Blindness is a reality for an estimated 45 million people around the world. And for 80% of them, their condition could have been avoided.
World Sight Day on Thursday the 8th of October is an international day of awareness organized by VISION2020 to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. And CBM are wholehearted supporters.