31 Jul 2021 Saturday Family Programme – Insight into Blindness
[FULLY BOOKED]
Thank you for your interest in ‘Insight into Blindness’. This experience has now been fully booked. Click here for more information on our regular Blind X-perience and how you can participate.
Overview
Have you ever wondered what life is like for those who are visually impaired, or stood in awe as a blind person navigates his or her way through a crowd? Crossroads is offering a fun, experiential family programme on global blindness. Guided by local visually impaired individuals , come and walk through rural fields, enter village homes, and pass through street markets, all without the use of your sight. Join this unique, family-friendly program, grow in amazement of those who are visually impaired, and learn you can do to help those living without sight.
This programme includes a Blind X-perience and Blindness workshop.
English Session:
9:45 Arrival
10:00 Introduction to Crossroads and the programme
10:30 Blind X-perience Simulation
11:30 Interactive Workshop
12:15 ‘Exploring Crossroads’ Tour
13:00 End of Programme
Cantonese Session:
13:45 Arrival
14:00 Introduction to Crossroads and the programme
14:30 Blind X-perience Simulation
15:30 Interactive Workshop
16:15 ‘Exploring Crossroads’ Tour
17:00 End of Programme
Practical Information
- Languages: Available in English and Cantonese
- Maximum capacity per programme : 20 participants (including adults)
- Time: 09:45-13:00 or 13:45-17:00 depending on language preference
- Suitable age for kids: 6 or above
- Program Fee:HKD 350 for one adult and a child (including the program, tour and a drink in our Fair Trade Café). Each additional family member: HKD 150.
Our primary goal in running this programme is to help children and families understand global issues, and to explore ways that they can be involved. To that end, we reserve the right to adjust the medium of instruction to ensure that the children and the participants are able to grasp the full heart of the programme being offered to them.
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