Union Assurance Recreation Club helps Blind

Sri Lanka Welfare Society of Blind organised their Annual White Cane Day recently at the vocational training centre, Liyanagemulla, Seeduwa to mark the World White Cane Day on October 15. The main objective of this occasion was to distribute white canes to the blind community.

White Cane Day was first introduced by an American Lawyer specialised in Human Rights who contested in Courts on behalf of the members of the Blind Community with regard to the safety when walking on highways and other public places. The White Cane Day was proposed during a conference conducted in Colombo by the UNESCO in 1969 and was decided to hold an International White Cane Day every year on October 15.