The “March for the view” stops in Rouen this Saturday
The departure will take place at 10 a.m. on the left bank quays at the foot of the Guillaume-le-Conquérant bridge towards the Corneille bridge, before returning to the starting point via the Rollet peninsula. A five-kilometre course, the last meters of which can be done blindfolded, simply guided by volunteers of the IRRP association, -for “Retinitis Pigmentosa Research Information”-.
Awareness-raising activities
At the end of this five-kilometre walk on the Rouen quays, activities on sports practice for the visually impaired will be offered with blind football, adapted petanque and showdown, an adapted sport combining hockey and table tennis. An awareness workshop “everyday life” hosted by the IRRP will be held all day.
Advance research
The registration, on the Internet or the same day costs 6 to 15 euros, because the other objective of this national march in which the city of Rouen is participating for the second time with the assistance of the ASLT association, -for “Sports and leisure activities”– for all is collect donations to finance research projects in the field of gene therapy, cell therapy, optogenetics or retinal implants.