Ouagadougou: The national gendarmerie initiated Monday at the headquarters of the Burkinabè Association for the Promotion of the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABPAM), an awareness day for the benefit of blind and visually impaired students, on the harmful effects of drug use and road safety.
The national gendarmerie today expressed its solidarity with young blind and visually impaired students, by organizing for their benefit an awareness session on themes such as drug use in schools, road safety and sexuality in schools.
According to the director of communications and public relations of the national gendarmerie, Lieutenant Judicaël Koné, this awareness-raising, which is part of the socio-educational activities of the gendarmerie, aims to translate the solidarity of the institution to these young living students. with a disability.
For the president of the National Union of Burkinabè Associations for the Promotion of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Christophe Oulé, ‘it is a source of pride to feel as much
a citizen as the others. The arrival of the gendarmerie is unexpected, so we are very honored by their presence.
For the students, ‘It’s unheard of, it’s a pleasure to be next to our dads and brothers, dressed bodies. It’s a joy to be in the company of the gendarmerie, we’re happy because they consider us as the other students.”
The awareness session was preceded by a national colors raising ceremony during which the students showed their resilience, brilliantly singing the national anthem. The police also gave canes to the students.
Source: Burkina Information Agency