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Worldwide celebration of Helen Keller
30 July 2019
Celebrations for Helen Keller Day took place around the world on 27 June, with Sense International teams raising awareness of deafblindness.
In Romania, as part of the ‘When I grow up, I will be…’ project, children and young people had the chance to explore new things, express feelings and sense the world around them. Some of the younger children with multi-sensory impairment experienced horse therapy, as well as outdoor activities in the mountains, forests and at the seaside. Meanwhile young people with multi-sensory impairment visited companies for work experience and to build their independence.
- In Uganda the team welcomed officials from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development – as well as other stakeholders – to an event to raise awareness of tactile communication. And in Tanzania over 50 national stakeholders, including key decision-makers from government, NGOs and UN bodies, attended an event to find out about tactile communication.
Sense International India, in partnership with its regional centres, also hosted several awareness raising activities and for the fifth year in a row, ran `Messengers on Cycles’ – a charity cyclothon, with participants riding together to promote inclusion, education and support for children and adults with deafblindness.
- The Peru team held an exhibition called `Images of Deafblindness’ as well as opening several new educational programmes for young people with deafblindness.
First published: Tuesday 18 June 2013
Last updated: Friday 6 December 2019