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15/03/2011

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, 15/03/2011

Peter White and Cheryl Gabriel meet Kenyan blind people during the trek for Comic Relief.

Peter White and Cheryl Gabriel report from the Comic Relief trek in Kenya and meet local blind people who have received sight saving treatment from Sight Savers International.

In this special programme to mark Comic Relief, Peter White reports on the trek he made - with his producer Cheryl Gabriel - through the Kaisut Desert in Kenya to raise awareness of the work of the charity Sight Savers International. Stars like Nadia Sawalha, Olly Murs and Dermot O'Leary are on hand to guide them through some rough terrain and compare notes on technique.
Peter meets Njan Lesumpat who is losing her sight and has agreed to have surgery, while Cheryl talks to a local man who has had sight problems since childhood and has finally been given a diagnosis.

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