Our Resource Centre for the Blind did our second and final walkathon for the year, last Wednesday, May 25th. We would have hit the streets of our capital, St. Georges, just a week before, with two objectives: sensitizing the public to the fact that blind and visually impaired students are being educated in mainstream schools and the equipment they use is in short supply and they need braille writers! We began at Progress Park in Paradise, St. Andrews and walked through Grenville-town to reach Victoria Park.
This round we would have teamed up with schools around Grenville- St. Joseph's Convent (Saint Andrews), St. Andrew's Methodist, St. Andrew's School for Special Education, St. Andrew's Anglican Secondary School (SASS) and others. With the support of their sighted peers, they were able to help collect donations from passerbys and hold placards. Their energy was incredible despite the hot hot sun!
At Victoria Park we had a few speeches and refreshments for all the participants. Here is a good shot of our wonderful, RCB student participants (below)!
Here we are walking through Grenville-town. We had an incredible turn out!
Thanks to our peace corp vulanteer A.Gaalema for her contribution to this post.
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