Resource Centre for the Blind (RCB) has called on the government at all levels to provide an enabling environment for persons with visual impairment and create policies that benefit them.
Its Director, Temitayo Ayinla-Omotola, at the maiden graduation and fundraising of the body, tagged ‘Dining in the Dark,’ noted that the event was to educate the citizens on how best they could assist this special class of persons.
She stated that the centre, which has a capacity for 16 residential visually impaired students and 40 students, provides flexible and customised programmes for the needy.
Ayinla-Omotola observed that the facility inculcates learning that allows for independent maximising of potential.
She said students, who have received training at the centre and are academically gifted, would be encouraged to enroll in higher learning institutions.
“At the same time, those who want to be entrepreneurs are also encouraged to become independent.
Guardian