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Students of School for the Blind in Akropong in AkuapemUnited North Municipality in Eastern Region on Friday morning embarked on a demonstration for the removal of the Headmistress of the School. The students accused the headmistress Mahela Narh of mismanagement leading to the gradual collapse of the school and poor …

A 50-year-old visually impaired, Fuseini Yusuf, has been chaining his children who are suffering from speech and mental disorders at Akyem New Tafo in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region in order to keep them from trouble while he goes begging in the streets The male children with …

The Kumasi Circuit Court in December 2009, sentenced a 23-year-old blind man together with his accomplice to 60 months in prison for gang-raping a mentally challenged girl at Kwamang in the Sekyere Central District. According to a report by the Ghana News Agency, the blind man together with 5 other …

A teenager is turning blind after squeezing a spot on her nose, which also caused her face to swell up.   Mary Ann Regacho, 17, from the Philippines is suffering from the mysterious side effect and has become unrecognisable.   The girl had been suffering from a pimple on her nose which …

A 40-year-old gospel singer in Koforidua, who is losing her sight is appealing for help. Adwoa is now partially blind as her condition continues to worsen. The cause of the predicament of the once vibrant gospel singer is not known. But Adwoa alleges, she suddenly became partially blind after a …

Dancehall musician Stonebwoy has committed to raising funds to purchase white canes for the blind and partially sighted community in the Ashanti region. The Putuu Hitmaker made the spontaneous pledge when Ultimate FM’s Ivan Heathcote – Fumador approached him to give an endorsement with the white cane ahead of the …

A 52-year-old visually impaired farmer, Mr Aduni Achana, has been left distraught and penniless after his two-acre worth of rice was reduced to ashes by fire recently. Mr Achana who hails from Bonia, near Navrongo in the Upper East Region, lost not only his rice but some farm resources such …

Tension is mounting between students and authorities at the Akropong School for the blind after a chaplain at the school was caught molesting a blind female student in a classroom. The students are angry at what they say is an attempt by the authorities to cover up the incident which …

Mankessim, a commercial town in the Central Region, is noted for foodstuff, fish and meat. But for some time now, people from all walks of life have been trooping to the town not to shop for these items but to seek healing for various eye challenges, including blindness. This follows …