A visually impaired woman who had her handbag stolen while attending a meeting for disabled people, would like the relevant authorities to provide better systems to protect and accommodate people like her.
Ruth Baveghems, 25, has been visually impaired since birth and lives in East Ruimveldt with her mother, brother, and daughter. She is unable to work due to her disability and relies on public assistance.
On Saturday, February 3, around 4:30 pm, Baveghems was attending a meeting for people with disabilities at a building on Lamaha Street, when someone on a bicycle reportedly entered the premises and took her bag. “I had rested my bag on the chair and went to speak to my cousin. When I returned, my bag was gone,” she lamented. Witnesses subsequently informed her that a man on a bicycle had swiftly taken her belongings.