White Canes Day

Dalma Mall in partnership with Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) and Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care & Special Needs will be hosting the White Canes Day. The National Policy that was launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to Empower People of Determination (people with disabilities) creates a new understanding of the empowerment of this segment and enables them to play an important part in the country’s development .The mission of White Cane Day is to educate the world about blindness and how the blind and visually impaired can live and work independently while giving back to their communities, to celebrate the abilities and successes achieved by blind people in a sighted world and to honor the many contributions being made by the blind and visually impaired.