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Plan International donates assistive devices in Chipinge

19 Aug, 2016 - 00:08 0 Views
Plan International donates assistive devices in Chipinge

The ManicaPost

Freedom Mutanda Post Correspondent
PLAN International last Thursday donated assistive devices to people living with disabilities in wards 16 and 19 in Chipinge respectively. An official from Plan Chipinge office, Mr Gideon Mukwishu, said the organisation had been conducting the

Promoting Rights and Accountability in African Communities programme since June 2011 and the programme ended in July 2016.
He said Chipinge and Chiredzi were the beneficiaries in Zimbabwe. The programme targets marginalised women, female and males from 10-24 years and people with disability.
‘’The society has been prejudicial to people living with disabilities. PRAAC facilitated a voice for them. The project has fostered an environment which provides equal opportunities for people with disabilities. PRAAC identified 109 people with disabilities in wards 16 and 19 in Chipinge,’’ said Mr Mukwishu.
Acting Chipinge District Medical Officer, Dr Nakai Chinhema and Tawengwa Chadura, a rehabilitation technician and Plan International programmes co-coordinator, Mr Charles Mubururu were part of the team that visited Kondo and Emerald Schools in wards 16 and 19 respectively and donated 36 wheelchairs, 21 pairs of crutches, seven walking frames, three pairs of orthopaedic boots, 19 pairs of shades for the blind, three hearing aids and two prosthesis.
All in all, the donated assistive devices cost $26 996.
Dr Chinhema thanked Plan International for the gesture.
Kondo recipients were ecstatic and one elderly woman, Mrs Mhlanga, immediately broke into song after she got her shades.
She said: “Long back, people living with disabilities were shunned by the society. Thanks to the efforts of PRAAC, they have assumed leadership positions in their communities.’’
At Emerald School, a young man who suffers from cerebral palsy thanked Plan International and Government for allowing him to have a wheelchair.
Albinos received creams and lotions together with shades.
A Ministry of Health and Child Welfare official who heads the rehabilitation wing, Mr Chadura, said the devices were owned by the community.
“These devices are for people with disabilities. If one dies, take it to another member who needs it. If there is need for repair, don’t wait for Plan International or Government to come and help you,’’ he explained.
These devices help ease the burden on care givers as well as promoting greater independence to people living with disabilities.

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