Are you a graduate, who is also blind or partially sighted? We have a part-time job opportunity for you….

Posted on 26 March 202426 March 2024 by Helen Vosloo

SAMBT is looking for: a blind or partially sighted person, preferably a graduate, who wants to learn to fundraise and who enjoys running blindness sensitisation workshops. This is a part-time; projected 10 hours a week position. Location: remote work combined with donor meetings, sensitisation events and field trips. This position is for you if: Key Read more about Are you a graduate, who is also blind or partially sighted? We have a part-time job opportunity for you….[…]

We are Hiring

Posted on 16 March 202416 March 2024 by Helen Vosloo

SAMBT is looking for a qualified Occupational Therapist with experience in oversight to join our vibrant team in the role of monitoring and evaluation as well as supervision of training. This is a full-time position. Key areas of responsibility: Monitoring and Evaluation Review all client and training data on a regular basis, in order to: Read more about We are Hiring[…]

Farewell but not Goodbye

Posted on 1 April 20211 April 2021 by Teboho

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[…]

We Did It!

Posted on 14 December 20201 April 2021 by Teboho

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![…]

Dignity Regained

Posted on 10 September 202028 September 2020 by Helen Vosloo

James is a pensioner. His home is in rural North West Province. James is blind. Kidibone is teaching him. She is teaching him how to use a white cane. This is how she tells it. “When I landed at James’s place two weeks ago, he already knew about me from my previous clients and he Read more about Dignity Regained[…]

There is no such place as nowhere

Posted on 2 September 202028 September 2020 by Helen Vosloo

Chances are you have never heard of it. Well, it is a town in the Eastern Free State. And it’s not that small a place either – with at least 60 000 inhabitants. It spills through the foothills of the imposing Drakensberg mountains. There are two large malls there and the town centre is busy, Read more about There is no such place as nowhere[…]

Thembi Nkosi’s Story

Posted on 1 September 202028 September 2020 by Helen Vosloo

South African Mobility for the Blind Trust (SAMBT): “I Feel Human Again” the story of Thembi Nkosi. Thembi lives in Newcastle area in South Africa. She received Orientation and Mobility training from Bongani Maleka in 2016.