Celebrating 100 Years of Service (1926–2026)
As Johannesburg Society for the Blind (JSB) commemorates a century of empowering visually impaired individuals, our website should be modernized to reflect our legacy, impact, partnerships, and future vision.
To Assist the Blind to walk unafraid
Johannesburg Society for the blind is committed to promoting the rights and abilities of visually impaired people through rehabilitation programmes, education and the provision of skills and resources for independent living.
The Johannesburg Society for the Blind (JSB) is a non-profit organization that depends on donor funding to cater to the needs of blind and partially sighted persons regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or religious affiliation. JSB was founded in 1926 to help civilians who were blinded during World War One, by providing them with accommodation, employment, rehabilitation, and skills of daily living, orientation and mobility. Over the years, the organization has strengthened its mandate by focusing more on building capacity among the visually impaired so that they may also play a role in the development of South Africa. To facilitate checks and balances the organization has a Board of Directors, a Management Committee, Residents Committee, Workers Committee and a Students Representative Council.
The updated website should prominently feature JSB’s valued partners, whose contributions strengthen our programs and community reach:
