Bacolod City marked the National Disability Week recently with the Christian Foundation for Persons with Disability spearheading the activities, which included a cultural program, an abacus competition and a Braille reading and writing contest.

The highlights also included the family program, a photo exhibit, cataract check-ups a free trial on a massage chair for those who wanted to try the services of disabled persons trained on Swedish massage.

Formerly known as the Christian Foundation for the Deaf and Blind, the CFPD is committed to reach out to the community by providing services to differently-abled persons. It hopes to educate, train and empower persons with disability through community involvement and support and sees to it that persons with disability enjoy full participation and access to available resources.

Most of the activities were held at SM City Bacolod. Meanwhile, SM City disclosed that the Mall of Asia was cited as the "Most Disabled Friendly Mall Award for 2007, in a ceremony held to highlight the National Disability Week celebration. The award was presented July 17 at the Heroes Hall of Malacañang Palace.