{"id":38080,"date":"2018-08-26T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/dinner-in-the-dark-taste-life-of-visually\/"},"modified":"2018-08-28T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T01:55:10","slug":"dinner-in-the-dark-taste-life-of-visually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dinner-in-the-dark-taste-life-of-visually\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner in the Dark: Taste life of visually impaired with Jordan Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Held Friday by the charity which hosts in care 20 children with visual impairment, the party saw participants dine and exchange talks with their eyes covered using a black cloth. <\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Bahati, the founder of Jordan Foundation, said she emulated the exercise from Singapore during her visit. <\/p>\n<p>It is expected to be organised twice a year to let as many people as possible experience the feeling of losing sight in order to stimulate compassion towards the visually impaired.<\/p>\n<p>At the Dinner in the Dark moderated by comedian Diog\u00e8ne Ntarindwa aka Atome, participants were covered the eyes, led to the dining tables and given time to chat. <\/p>\n<p>Most of them were challenged by walking and eating with their eyes covered. In the 55 sightless minutes, some shed emotional tears as a result of tasting on the bitterness of blindness.<\/p>\n<p>The moment shed light on the life of people who identify things by tactile or smelling.<br \/>\nParticipants testified of their experience and commitment to greater advocacy for the visually impaired children.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert Muhirem hailed Bahati\u2019s efforts to support the vulnerable children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA mum on my side has caught emotions and shed tears. I have now felt the life of our colleagues with visual impairment. Vanessa is very brave for living with these children every day. She is a woman who took a very hard decision,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Antoine Iyamuremye committed to advocating for people with visual impairment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good sharing about the life of visually impaired. This can make people care more about the visually impaired. I have committed encouraging people to visit these children, help them and advocate for the expansion of this project to reach more people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bahati said the exercise makes people feel the fate of the visual impairment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticipants have realised that interacting with others without sight requires good mind. This teaches us a lesson that we should respect people with disability of visual impairment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she expects more people to support people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Bahati founded Jordan Foundation in 2015, named after her third child who was born with visual impairment and all medical efforts bore no fruits.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation is currently caring for 20 children in its centre located in Gatsata, City of Kigali. <\/p>\n<p>Bahati received the accolade from First Lady Jeannette Kagame in 2017 as recognition of her important project among the youth. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26906 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bahati_vanes2c89-0ff19.jpg\" alt=\"Vanessa Bahati, the founder of Jordan Foundation, said she emulated the exercise from Singapore during her visit\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26903 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hari_abafashb13b-16f84.jpg\" alt=\"Attendants were challenged by walking and eating with their eyes covered\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26904 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/benshi_bakoz6ac3-f79df.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26902 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/atome_agerag41a6-b3fb5.jpg\" alt=\"Popular Comedian Atome was also present at the event\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26905 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bazaniwe_ama7dca-90de5.jpg\" alt=\"The moment shed light on the life of people who identify things by tactile or smelling\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26909 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bafashe_ifunaf59-cced9.jpg\" alt=\"In the 55 sightless minutes, some shed emotional tears as a result of tasting on the bitterness of blindness.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26907 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bahati_vanes069a-bf437.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26910 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miss_rwanda_5737-42a8d.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Rwanda 2016 Jolly Mutesi was among the participants\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26911 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mbere_yo_kwa45bf-ea7ee.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26908 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bahati_vanesa5ae-03777.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Foundation has launched Dinner in the Dark in Kigali to share about visual impairment life with the rest of the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default 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