The Charity Centre for Children and Youth Development (CCCYD), a Solwezi based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has received assorted mobility devices meant for distribution to persons with disabilities and public hospitals in North-western Province. CCCYD Executive Director, Alex Bwaluka said the consignment which was a donation from Clutches for Africa, a United States based NGO include 554 walkers, 201 clutches, 198-wheel chairs and other orthopaedic items. Speaking in an interview with the media in Solwezi, Mr Bwaluka said the items will be distributed to identified public health facilities in the province and persons with disabilities who have mobility challenges.
“This donation has come to assist persons with disabilities and also public hospitals that are in need of these mobility devices and we will be giving them out freely,” Mr Bwaluka said. He said the organisation will continue working with government in addressing challenges faced by persons with disabilities especially in rural communities. Mr Bwaluka called on other organisations to come on board and help identify and reach out to persons with disabilities who are in need of mobility devices.
“I want to thank Clutches for Africa for coming through with this donation and also Kansanshi Foundation for assisting us with transporting these items from Lusaka to Solwezi. I wish to call on other organisations to also come on board,” he said. And Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities, North-western Province Coordinator Osco Moondoma said the assorted mobility devices will go a long way in helping persons with disabilities who have mobility challenges.
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Mr Moondoma said the clutches and wheel chairs will help a huge number of persons with disabilities who were in need of assistive devices for their mobility. “Having these wheelchairs and clutches will go a long way in helping persons with disabilities who are in need of these assistive devices and we are grateful to CCCYD for facilitating this consignment,” Mr Moondoma said. He called on other organisations to include disability issues in their programmes adding that persons with disabilities had a lot of challenges with mobility being one of them. “When we have many organisations coming to help persons with disabilities, it will make them enjoy their fundamental human rights” he said.
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