Christy put a blindfold on Vimbayi and invited her to take her elbow.  It was then up to Vimbayi to navigate her way around the teaching room.  Vimbayi is fully sighted and normally very confident and outgoing but watching her timidly feel her way around the room, I realised just a fraction of what the kids who lose their sight must go through on a daily basis.  Everyone in our group took turns with the blindfold and then Christy, the occupational therapist at the orphanage taught us how to use a guiding stick for the blind.

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