Celebrating White Cane Day in recognition of the achievements of the visually impaired and highlighting their important tool of independence, the White Cane, the International White Cane Day flag was pinned on President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.
Marking this event, 300 white canes sponsored by the Presidential Secretariat were donated to the Visually Impaired Association by the President’s Secretary as a gesture of goodwill.
Ekanayake assured the fullest support of the President’s Office to address the issues faced by visually impaired persons.
The Secretary of the Visually Impaired Association, Prasanna Wickramasinghe said that this association has been formed to cover every province of the island. The Disabled Women’s Association functions as one of its branches for the welfare of visually impaired women and a disabled youth association also functions to solve the problems of disabled youth.
Sri Lanka National Visually Impaired Association President Kamalsiri Nanayakkara and a group of officials representing the association participated.
