Dancehall act, Stonebwoy has donated white canes for the blind and partially sighted community in the Ashanti region.

He instantly donated 400 cedis at 70 Cedis per cane, which translates to 5 canes, while also pledging to raise funds and donate more for the 5000 members of the Ghana Blinds Union in the Ashanti Region.

Stonebwoy donated and made the pledge when Ultimate FM's Ivan Heathcote, Fumador met with him to help secure white canes for the blind ahead of the International White Cane Safety Day after it was revealed that over 4,700 of the Ghana Blinds Union were in dire need for white canes.

The campaign to get more white canes for the visually impaired has now gotten a bigger boost with superstar Stonebwoy taking part in it. 

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The white canes are sold at the Ghana Blinds Union Resource Center, but the 70 cedis per cane is not something any blind person can easily afford. This has left several persons living with blindness with the inability to travel around freely or to realize their full potentials.

He cautioned drivers, street hawkers and the citizenry at large to respect, allow passage and offer help to all persons who they find walking with white canes.

“Let me use this opportunity to let all people know that once you are alive, you have not escaped disability because we are prone to injuries and accidents. We have to give priority to persons with disability,”

“if you see these white canes with the red marks on it, you should know that these are people who are visually impaired and you have to accord them such respect to the maximum.”

The Ghana Blinds Union in the Ashanti Region is taking advantage of the week’s world sight day and white cane safety day, to solicit funds from the public to purchase as many white canes as people are touched, to share among its members.