UCC blind students call for support
The Campus Volunteer Foundation (CVF) of the University of Cape Coast has called for support from the public to help raise funds to purchase voice recorders for visually impaired students of the university to facilitate their learning activities.
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Recorders play a major role in the lives of visually impaired students, besides the Brail, since recorders enable them to access learning materials.
Mr Hafiz Laryea, the President of CVF-UCC, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that recorders for about 30 visually impaired students of the university were defective.
He said the foundation decided to launch the initiative by soliciting funds to enable it to purchase the recorders for the students.
Responsibility
“We found this as a responsibility and challenge — to stand up for them by raising GH¢9,000 to purchase 30 voice recorders which cost GH¢300 each for our mates.
“To us, this is what volunteerism is all about — the way an active, apolitical citizenry recognises needs and provides services or makes efforts to address them well before the government or institution heads do. This is the way towards building a better society. We have little or no excuse as students,” he stated.
Mr Laryea said soon volunteers would hit the lecture theatres and offices of lecturers to appeal to benevolent people and organisations to ensure success.
He appealed to students, the Students Representative Council, the local National Union of Ghana Students, lecturers, philanthropists, as well as benevolent groups, to contribute to the great cause, noting, “Everyone can make a difference.”
Volunteer organisation
The CVF is a student volunteer organisation on campus which instils the spirit of volunteerism in all students. It reaches out in diverse ways to impact the society positively and lets tertiary students understand that volunteerism is a great tool towards a better society.
Mr Laryea said individuals, groups and organisations that wanted to support the noble cause should contact the Resource Centre representative or the President of the CVF on +233207799146/+233248373780 for more details.
Accounts on donations and updates of the project will also be posted on the social media pages of the CVF. — GNA
