Glenna Gordon

Photography: Visually Impaired Community

There are around 400,000 blind and visually impaired people in Uganda, though few resources exist for them educationally and even fewer jobs await the lucky ones who do go to school.

A blind boxer in Uganda has brought some media attention to the plight of the visually disabled in Uganda.

At a school for visually impaired children, the blind lead the blind.
   
At a school for visually impaired children, the blind lead the blind.
   
Braille is taught in English but not in local languages.
     
  
A young girl reads Braille.
  
An afterschool dance session.
  
Discrimination is still rampant. This woman was left by her husband when she went blind.
     
  
Few people have proper walking sticks.
   
An amateur blind boxer has helped ease stigma and discrimination by speaking out about being blind publicly.
   
Ugandans who live in the north are even more marginalized because of the conflict there. This woman traveled to Kampala to get glasses.
     
  
Ugandans who live in the north are even more marginalized because of the conflict there.