Christopher E B Friend
WBU Strategic Objective Leader – Accessibility
Chair WBU Global Right to Read Campaign
www.worldblindunion.org
Programme Development Advisor
Sightsavers
www.sightsavers.org
Christopher Friend has worked in the global Visually Impaired Sector for over 40 years. His current lead roles include being a Trainer & Mentor in Communication Skills and Executive Life Skills for VI National Leaders across Africa, and his Accessibility and Right to Read work on behalf of the World Blind Union and its 180 National Member Organisations.
For over a decade he has also been championing the development of Technology for Life programmes in the developing countries, promoting affordable and accessible solutions to empower visually impaired people to be able to fully participate in the 21st Century world, which is so dominated by technology.