The civil association “Exodus: Signs and Voices” invites citizens to donate canes or cash through the third “Bastotón” campaign, since with your support they will be able to acquire more functional devices that will be delivered to people with visual disabilities. .
For this year the goal is to deliver 100 white canes, since last year with the donated resources it was possible to buy 70, the importance of the cane.
David Soto, president of the association, commented that the way to support is very easy. You can do it in kind if you have a white cane or economically. In the link, fill out a form and make the contribution of the amount you want to donate. , the cost of the cane is 450 pesos.
The amount they are requesting is 450 pesos, which is the price of the white cane, but they can make a donation from 100 pesos, or with whatever resource they have.
“It is a protection and it is a badge for many people, because sometimes when people see our condition that our eyesight does not present any damage, they think that we are lying, but having a cane is given greater preference on the street,” he expressed. .
People interested in supporting have until October 4 to do so, because the proceeds must be counted to deliver them on Saturday, October 14, as part of the commemoration of World White Cane Day.
As for the people who receive it, he commented that they range from people who are blind by birth as well as those who have lost their sight due to accident or illness such as diabetes, at least in Reynosa of the 90 thousand disabled people identified by the INEGI, of which 20 % have a visual disability.
He also called on people to attend on Saturdays the stay of special friends of the Vicentine Special Catechesis, where they are supported with talks and courses, which is located on Pemex Street on the corner of Veracruz in the Petrolera neighborhood.
2023-09-22 21:30:06
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