Mission:
To enhance the prevention of blindness, increase access to services and equalization of opportunities for visually impaired persons, through: enabling programmes, capacity building, networking, partnership and influencing change.
Vision:
The Champion for a society in which no-one is needlessly blind and the needs, rights and participation of the visually impaired is ensured.
Thu, 02/09/2010 - 18:38 — admin
Kenya Society for the Blind invites you to take part in the annual sponsored climb of Mount Longonot. The money raised from the event will go towards supporting visually impaired children integrate into mainstream schools by equipping them with Braille machines, low vision devices and white canes.
Welcome to the Kenya Society for the Blind website.
Thank you for your interest in learning more about our work and mandate on eye care and prevention of avoidable blindness, education and rehabilitation of the irreversibly blind.
The Kenya Society for the Blind (KSB) is a charitable organization established in 1956 by an Act of Parliament Cap 251 of the laws of Kenya. KSB is a National Organization charged with the responsibility of serving all citizens of Kenya who are visually impaired or are at a risk of going blind. The Kenya Society for the Blind reaches out to visually impaired people in communities and helps to create a conducive environment for the empowerment of the visually impaired by promoting their welfare, training, education and employment, so that they may become self-sufficient and self-reliant.
Bringing Eye Care Services To the People: The Kenya Society for the Blind (KSB) is the leading agency in the prevention of blindness in Kenya. Every year KSB provide eye care services to more than 500,000 people, including over 30,000 sight saving operations.