The former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba is calling on all well-meaning Ghanaians to contribute at least GH?3.00 in support of procuring wheelchairs and walking aids for Persons Living With Disability (PWDs).
The idea of each person contributing at least GH?3.00 is to enable the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation procure 16,000 wheelchairs and walking aids for PWDs, which many of them are unable to afford.
According to her, the cost of a wheelchair is estimated at GH?550.00 each and since not all of them are in the position to afford, a donation of GH?3.00 per person will go a long way to augment the Foundation’s effort to reach these vulnerable groups in society.
The agenda is to procure 1000 wheelchairs for each of the 16 regions of the country, hence individuals can contribute their quota to mobile phone number 0248510067.
Her call for support to reach each region with 16,000 wheelchairs was echoed when she and some PWDs went on a float through some selected principal streets of Accra over the weekend.
“Today is a historic day in the life of the physically challenged. For the first time in the history of Ghana, a float I call “Wheelchair and walk float” has been organised by the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, with 300 physical challenged persons and other persons with disabilities. It is all in the realisation of the dream,1000 wheelchairs per region,” she said.
The Foundation’s Executive Director explained that the goal of the float was also to press home their demand that the country cannot develop while leaving some people out.
Currently, she said there are about 734, 000 in the country, therefore, they also matter in every decision that is taken.
Madam Otiko also warned that disability is not peculiar to anyone’s family or person, as it can be gotten through childbirth, medication, accident, old age and from birth, adding that everyone is at risk of having physical challenge, therefore, PWDs must not be despised.
The float was organised with the support from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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