Tolerance, Equality and Integration are the slogans of this day.
Every year, on October 15, the world celebrates the International White Cane Safety Day.
It was approved in 1970 at the initiative of the International Federation of the Blind.
“About 2,500 people with visual impairments live in our region. This year, 212.5 thousand hryvnias were allocated from the regional budget to the Lviv regional organization UTOC for statutory activities on a competitive basis. Tolerance, Equality and Integration – the slogan of the International White Cane Day. In coordination with the All-Ukrainian barrier-free strategy, which was initiated by the First Lady of Ukraine, we are working to ensure that these words are put into practice in our region every day,” said the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi.
Also, the Department of Social Protection of the Population of Lviv Oblast reminded that within the framework of the Comprehensive Program of Social Support of Certain Categories of Citizens of Lviv Oblast for 2021-2025, measures are being implemented to provide financial support from the regional budget to public associations of veterans and persons with disabilities who have social orientation and provision of visually impaired persons with technical means of the medical group with speech output (glucometers, thermometers, tonometers) and eye prostheses.
For reference
The white cane, as a symbol of a blind person, dates back to 1921. In Bristol (Great Britain) lived a young professional photographer named James Biggs. After the accident, he lost his sight. It was necessary to start a new life, and he began to learn to walk around the city on his own with the help of a cane. But soon he realized that neither passers-by nor drivers responded to his black cane. Then he painted the cane white. And she became noticeable. This innovation was picked up by all blind people not only in England, but also throughout Europe, America, etc.