Group plans exciting projects for children with vision challenges

Read storyIn an effort to ensure that the country's blind and visually impaired children have access to medical, financial, rehabilitative, psychological and educational resources, The Bahamas Foundation for Blind and Visually Impaired Children was launched last week.

The foundation’s projects include:

• A national registry for blind and visually impaired children
  
• An educational newsletter for parents
  
• Parent retreats and seminars
  
• On-call personnel and home visits
  
• A resource unit to provide parenting information, Braille books, toys and assistive aids
  

 The foundation also intends to highlight the accomplishments of blind and visually impaired children through an annual awards banquet.

Parents of blind and visually impaired children can attend meetings of the Bahamas Foundation for Blind and Visually Impaired Children (BFBVIC) at the Salvation Army Adult Blind Workshop on the third Thursday of every month at 6pm.

Full story in The Tribune here