Black text on yellow screen reads, "The number of persons with disabilities engaged in economic activities in Rwanda is 56 percent – almost 20 percent less than those without disabilities. The reasons for this include lack of access to education, stigma and discrimination, and few accommodations to make workplaces accessible/inclusive." Information from National Union of Disabilities’ Organizations of Rwanda.
A Rwandan woman gives a massage to a man lying facedown in a busy massage shop.
Ruth Iradukunda Fifi, a blind Rwandan woman wearing a white shirt with the logo of Seeing Hands Rwanda on it, sits in a massage room, speaking to camera.
A group of massage trainees sits in a room.
A blind Rwandan woman touches a skeleton model in the training room.
A close shot of the Seeing Hands Rwanda logo on a shirt.
A blind Rwandan woman wearing a green and white pattern dress carefully gives a back massage during training.
A woman wearing a green and yellow patterned dress and a pair of sunglasses gives a back massage.
Seeing Hands Rwanda trainees give massages.
A photo of someone giving a massage outside, with a view of mountains.
A photo of many hands on a person’s back, holding each other and teaching how to give a massage.
A blind woman wearing a green and white patterned dress gives a massage. Camera pans from her face to her hands.
Claudine Uwitije, a blind Rwandan woman wearing a blue and white patterned dress, sits in a massage room, speaking to the camera.
Claudine is training a blind woman wearing a red dress and a pair of sunglasses. The woman is giving a leg massage to a man lying in front of them.
A close shot of the skeleton model in the training room.
A photo of a woman wearing a white shirt and sunglasses giving a massage in a room.
A photo of Claudine with massage trainees in front of a massage table.
Black text on yellow screen reads, "Beth Gatonye is founder and legal representative of Seeing Hands Rwanda. She was inspired to establish the organization after realizing that there is a high rate of unemployment among visually impaired people."
Beth Gatonye, a woman with long dark hair wearing an army green shirt and chunky necklace, sits in a massage room, speaking to the camera.
A woman wearing a red dress and sunglasses gives a leg massage.
Two women give massages to a person’s leg and back.
A woman gives a massage to a person’s leg.
A photo of a group of Seeing Hands Rwanda trainees sitting in a room listening to a lecture.
A photo of two women wearing white uniforms giving massages to two people.
A photo of two women wearing white shirts with the logo of Seeing Hands Rwanda standing beside massage chairs.
A photo of two people sitting in the massage chairs getting massages.
A photo of a person in a white uniform giving a massage to a woman with a red dress sitting on a massage chair.
A photo of a visually impaired woman in a white uniform giving a massage to a person lying on a table.
A photo of a woman in a white uniform giving a massage to a person sitting in a massage chair.
A photo of a group of people getting massages in massage chairs in a hallway.