Description
Aim of the event: 
  • Raise Awareness
Goal of the event: 
The goal was to try to get to know each other without the gift of sight; a chance to experience what being blind means. The objective was to raise awareness about the difficulties of blind people.
Short description of the event: 
Trying to eat without seeing and to meet people and talk to them without looking at them in the eyes. Erasmus have been blindfolded while having aperitivo, then there was a Blind Speed Date.
The aperitivo started at 20:00 and erasmus have been blindfolded and they tried to eat without seeing anything and it was difficult for them, but they really enjoyed it. Then they have been positioned in pairs, always blindfolded, and the blind speed date started. When the time went over, we helped them to change their position in order to do other pairs.
It enjoyed and raised awareness about the difficulties of blind people.
How did your event go?: 
Very well, the erasmus were happy and sensibilized too.
Involvement
Name of the partners: 
ESN a Milano Unita
Number of international students: 
35
Number of "locals" involved: 
0
Number of ESNers involved: 
10
Persons with disabilities joining the event: 
No
blind speed date
Date of the event: 
Mon, 05/12/2016
Duration of the event: 
2hours
Scope: 
Local