We welcome Rosetta Smile Ndlovu to our team of practitioners. Thanks to her appointment, we are now able to train another 50 people who are blind or partially sighted every year. Rosetta loves seeing her clients develop their independence skills, seeing them get up and do things for themselves, whether this is going back to Read more about Welcome Rosetta Smile[…]
Our biggest achievement at SAMBT, hands down, is every time a new blind client learns how to get around with his or her white cane on their own. We know how easy it is to forget what courage it takes for a blind person to start walking around without hanging onto someone’s arm. Our practitioner Read more about “I did not Believe you at First”[…]
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[…]
Today, I would like you to take 5 minutes to imagine something. I want you to imagine how you would feel if the eyes in your head suddenly stop working? Now close your eyes and walk around the room you’re in. This is what blind people like me experience every day. We are always mindful Read more about Imagine…[…]
As we celebrate White Cane Awareness Day, here is a story of Ntombi who we trained earlier this year. It’s a hot summer day. The washing is hanging on a low fence – sheets, shirts, skirts and trousers. Four small boys are lying on the green grass, in the shade of an old tree where Read more about The Seeing Stick[…]
Walk down any dirt or sandy road and you’ll see tracks. Tracks from cars and bicycles, cows and goats, adults and children. Most of these tracks, whether from a vehicle, animal or person, are so familiar to us we hardly pay them any attention. But when we learn to look carefully, we will see each Read more about The Stories Tracks Tell[…]
Parishna, you joined us on the 10th of March when your induction process started with the board and with Ian Hutton, our outgoing Managing Trustee. On the first of April you took over the reins as the leader of SAMBT. What attracted you to SAMBT? “As a blind person myself, I understand the importance of Read more about Welcome Parishna[…]
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[…]
