The Ministry of Health (MOH), in observance of White Cane Safety Day, on Tuesday handed over 36 white canes to members of the Guyana Society for the Blind, according to a GINA press release.
Receiving their white canes at the handing over ceremony were Anthony Robinson, Ganesh Singh and Cecil Morris, all members of the Guyana Society for the Blind.
Parliamentary Secretary Joseph Hamilton stated that this was part of the first phase of donations for the Guyana Society for the Blind. He related that several months ago, a monthly clinic was established at the Blind Institute.
Hamilton, who shared his personal peeve of witnessing visually impaired persons having to use PVC pipes or umbrella canes to facilitate their mobility to and from their destinations explained that the