{"id":15580,"date":"2012-10-15T18:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/100-white-canes-handed-over-at-fun-walk\/"},"modified":"2012-10-15T18:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:01:20","slug":"100-white-canes-handed-over-at-fun-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/100-white-canes-handed-over-at-fun-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"100 White Canes handed over at fun walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><\/p>\n<p>Port Elizabeth\u2019s first White Cane Fun Walk, hosted by the Port Elizabeth Eye and Laser Institute, together with the Port Elizabeth Provincial Ophthalmology Department, saw over 100 walkers support the cause of raising awareness of the white cane as a tool of independence for the visually impaired. In addition to raising awareness, sponsorships were also received to purchase white canes. These canes were presented to the Nkosinathi Foundation, which offers comprehensive services to blind or partially sighted individuals within the Eastern Cape. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/79dea_White_Cane_Walk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/79dea_White_Cane_Walk.jpg\" alt=\"White Cane Walk\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie Wakeford \u2013 director Nkosinathi Foundation; Elsabe Pretorius \u2013 Nursing Manager Medical Forum Theatre; Dr Hiron Kettledas \u2013 Ophthalmologist; Stuart Reece \u2013 musician; and Lauren Jonas, PRO Nkosinathi Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port Elizabeth\u2019s first White Cane Fun Walk, hosted by the Port Elizabeth Eye and Laser Institute, together with the Port Elizabeth Provincial Ophthalmology Department, saw over 100 walkers support the cause of raising awareness of the white cane as a tool of independence for the visually impaired. In addition to raising awareness, sponsorships were also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-15580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}