Speaking at the launching ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Lions Centre for Students with Special Needs at the Mona Campus last Thursday, Fuller said the initiative is to ensure that the visually impaired have the help that they need to obliterate the misery that might otherwise have been associated with their condition.

"This spirit of seeing to the needs of others is one that is to be encouraged and practised across the length and breadth of Jamaica," he said.

The initiative, which seeks to raise money for the Jamaica Society for the Blind, is a partnership involving the National Health Fund, UWI, and Jamaica National Building Society, among others. It will focus on selling paraphernalia such as armbands, key rings and whistles to members of the public, particularly through schools.

Coordinator/Head of the Centre for disability Studies, Floyd Morris, said that the initiative is part of the UWI's response to the needs of various disability groups, through a range of projects.