Before our Orientation and Mobility Practitioner arrives in a new area, a local person has already done something extraordinary. They have walked through their community, spoken to neighbours, and asked a simple question: “do you know anyone who is blind”? They have written down names, sometimes ID numbers, phone numbers, and addresses. They have shared Read more about Someone wrote down their name first[…]
We are proud to announce a historic milestone with the appointment of Silindile Makhaye as our Chair of the Board. Stepping into the role after serving as deputy chair for four years, Silindile is the first woman to lead the SAMBT Board in our nearly three-decade history. Silindile takes the helm with a profound personal Read more about A New Chapter of Board Leadership at SAMBT[…]
The first school quarter of every year is a crucial time for independence training at schools for the blind, as the new 5 – 6-year-olds who are blind or partially sighted, arrive in this big strange new place called boarding school. We regularly train at about eight schools for the blind who do not have Read more about The Next Step[…]
For several years now, we at SAMBT have been working towards enlarging our team of four fulltime practitioners at SAMBT. We are grateful to Absa, for their funding which allows us to employ Tsholofelo Modikoe. But let’s put Tsholofelo’s employment into perspective. There are over one million blind people in South Africa. One fulltime practitioner Read more about Welcome Tsholofelo[…]
We at SAMBT wish our Managing Trustee: Ian Hutton, well in his retirement. Read here below in Ian’s own words, why he is looking forward to every day being Sunday. Ian leaves behind an organisation with clear goals, that is financially sound and with a team of committed staff members. Through Ian’s efforts, nearly 4 500 Read more about Farewell but not Goodbye[…]
Thanks to you, our supporters, donors, friends and partners, we did it! We managed to continue training blind people to be independent. Came March 2020 and the world was turned upside-down. And so it was for us at SAMBT. As Covid-19 struck, we found ourselves walking on shifting sands, our plans for the year in Read more about We Did It![…]
