{{People living with vision impairment have said they are unable to create income generating projects citing negative perceptions about them from the general public.}}<\/p>\n
They say their experiences show once assisted they can achieve self-reliance, the Rwanda Union of the Blind (RUB) has declared.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019The problem is that society\u2018s perception makes that these people do not seize opportunities or benefit sponsorships or assistance offered to other people engaged in income generating projects,\u2019\u2019 Said Rachel Musabyimana, RUB Communication and advocacy officer.<\/p>\n
Musabyimana urged local leaders to take into account income generating projects of people living with disability while there is any opportunity offered by the government or sponsors.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Our experience shows that the blind have achieved personal economic development through agriculture and breeding, as they have generated income through cultivating groundnuts, cassava and maize and the same is seen in their breeding projects,\u2019\u2019 Musabyimana said.<\/p>\n
The Blinds\u2019Union said this on Wednesday at Kigali during a meeting with local leaders at sector level, in the places where the cooperatives of the disabled people operate.<\/p>\n
Obed Rugerero with vision impairment, Musenyi sector, Bugesera district , blamed local leaders especially at cell level for not involving the blind in the government programs of fighting poverty like Vision 2020Umurenge Programme, Girinka, and shelters.<\/p>\n
Joyce Murebwayire in- charge of social affairs in Musenyi sector, Bugesera district noted that some people with disability do not declare themselves to local leaders, thus the leaders cannot help whom they do not know.<\/p>\n
Murebwayire said the families of the disabled are to blame when they keep the disabled at home without letting local leaders know.<\/p>\n
The health and counseling officer at National Council of Persons with Disability (NCPD) Marcel Nkurayija said the challenge becomes serious when even the disabled consider they are not able to do any Income generating activity, then mindset change is needed.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Eugene Twizeyimana who represented the National Union of Disabilities\u2019 Organisations of Rwanda (NUDOR) noted the disabled should not take anything done for them as a favor while it is their right.<\/p>\n
Musabyimana said RUB has financed small income generating projects of 26 cooperatives of persons with disabilities throughout the country, with a total loan of Frw10 million<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019We must encourage the blind on the culture of self-reliance,\u2019\u2019 Musabyimana said,<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019The blind and their families must bear in mind that the blind have right to property, have household, and can be self-reliant.\u2019\u2019 People with vision impairment complain perception of self-development inability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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