PAOK stands by visually impaired people
Through their PAOK Action initiative, PAOK FC supports actions that make everyday life easier for people in their region.
In order to make everyday life easier for people who are visually impaired and to help them to get around comfortably and safely, PAOK FC has installed acoustic traffic signals for blind pedestrians in traffic lights of central streets of Thessaloniki. These devices have been installed in traffic lights outside Makedonia Palace on Megalou Alexandrou Avenue and outside Τoumba Stadium, at Mikras Asias and Kleanthous crossing.
This initiative derives from a suggestion made by the “Loudovikos Braille” Union of the Northern Greece Blind towards PAOK FC and their president Mr. Ivan Savvidis. By installing these devices, vision-impaired and mobility-challenged people gain easier access to the Thessaloniki Seafront and to Toumba Stadium when they attend the matches of PAOK FC.
The special devices were activated and the citizens with vision problems received an on-site educational training on their use.
These acoustic systems reproduce specific sounds to determine the colour of the traffic light. They also include raised symbols that vibrate in order to signal traffic and whether the pedestrian crossing is safe. The Greek club leads the way with this initiative and calls upon all municipal authorities to install such systems in traffic lights and facilitate the lives of our vision-impaired fellow citizens.
PAOK Action – ‘Helping the smallest among us.’
