Global Cane Outreach is a faith-based non-profit organization dedicated to spreading God's love to the blind and illiterate in other countries through the giving of white canes and audio bibles. We are based in Scotts Valley, California and made up entirely of volunteers.
Our services are financed entirely by the generosity of our donors. Founded by Beverly Heninger in 2010 we now have canes and bibles in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Bolivia, Philippines, South Africa, Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia and Pakistan. We also provide a rudimentary mobility training, along with the canes and bibles, to any Christian organization that may be traveling overseas and want to reach out to the blind.
GCO Board and Council
Bev Heninger
Founder and President
Steve Heninger
Chairman
Debbie Killian
Secretary
Adina Phillips
Treasurer
Michael Graham
Member
Donna Kimball
Fundraising Chair
Desiree Heninger
Member
Countries GCO Has Been Blessed to Visit
Ethiopia
South Africa
Mexico
Honduras
Guatemala
Peru
Bolivia
Philippines
Pakistan
Haiti
Liberia
Kenya
Did You Know?
285 million people are visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision.
Of those an estimated 19 million children under age 15 are visually impaired.
About 90% of the world's visually impaired live in developing countries.
Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of blindness. Poverty and blindness reinforce each other, contributing to increased vulnerability, exclusion and total dependence on others.
Stats: World Blind Union & World Health Organization
Luke 4:18 (NIV)
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free..."
