The Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association intends to construct a building in Tobago.
This after the deed to a lot and a half of land was given to the Association by the Tobago House of Assembly. Confirmation has come from Chief Executive Officer of the association Kenneth Suratt. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
00:00And last year we were happy to know that the Tobago House of Assembly donated a piece of land for the Blind Welfare Association to erect our offices in Tobago.
00:10And I am so happy and thankful that Mr. Fahli Agustin donated this piece of land, well, activated it by giving us the deed in our hand.
00:21So we now have a deed in the name of the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association for the first time in Tobago, a property in the name of the association.
00:30Mr. Surratt spoke with TV6 News at the location of the lands in Bacolet, Tobago on Monday.
00:35He said the project is moving towards the design phase and works are in train for the construction of the building in Tobago.
00:44We have started one, we did evaluation of the property, we are doing the topography and also design.
00:49We are hoping within the next 90 days to have the design ready so we could roll it out and do a proper presentation so people see how the building looks.
00:57And the cost, we do the quantity survey will come in and tell us what we need, how much building will cost, so then we could reach the public and ask them for their assistance.
01:06President of the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association, Dean Arine Raghu, said today marks a new dawn for the association.
01:15And we hope that that will ignite a spark of excitement and enthusiasm among the clients in Tobago in the first instance to spur them on to participate even more in our programs and services which will redound of course to their benefit, their families and the wider Tobago community.
01:34Mr. Surat and his team are in Tobago to conduct blind awareness and interaction training with frontline staff of the Tobago Regional Health Authority.
01:45Manager Welfare Rehabilitation, Lakan Sipersad, spoke to TV6 on the issue of accessibility for persons who are blind, stating that the matter does not stop at the physical aspects.
01:57When we say accessibility, I'm not speaking about physical accessibility. We need more information or access to information. So if you ask me to go and look at somebody's website or somebody's page, form, Google form or something like that, it must be accessible.
02:15I want to go and book a ferry ticket to go back to Trinidad or I want to book an airline, you know, things like that, access to information. I think that is where the real barrier lies.
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