Blindness cause of Canada's oldest charity

Posted by Peter Roaf 
on Sep 22, 2015
 
​Over 570 clients in Delta use the free rehabilitation services of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). CNIB, which is approaching its 100th Anniversary, is Canada's oldest charity. It provides community-based support, knowledge and a national voice to ensure Canadians who are blind or partially sighted have the confidence, skills and opportunities to fully participate in life.
 
CNIB's regional Manager, Community Giving, Jennifer Yankanna with club president Peter Roaf, left, and Ken Whitney
 
​photo by Mel Baly
 
Did you know?
  • 1 in 7 Canadians will develop a serious eye disease
  • every 12 minutes, someone in Canada begins to lose their eyesight, sometimes almost instantly
  • in BC the number of people who are blind or partially sighted only is estimated to be 65,000, but only a third of those have signed up for CNIB services
  • 70% of Canadians wouldn’t be able to continue working at their presents job if they were they were to lose their vision
  • cataracts are the most common correctable eye disease causing blindness and partial sight in Canadians and affect 6.6% of people that come to CNIB.
  • 9 out of 10 CNIB clients have some varying degrees of sight
 
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