#AssistiveDevices to 230 #PwDs @ActionVillageIn @BigLotteryFund

18 June 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): Distribution of Assistive Devices among PwDs is going on under the program on Rights of PwDs in Jharkhand & Bihar. In Hazaribag, 33 People with Disabilities have received Wheelchairs from Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) who praised AVI-BLF, UK for such support and encouraged the recipients to use Wheelchairs & other supportive instruments in their daily lives.

Total 230 People with Disabilities have been identified in Hazaribag, Koderma, Giridih, Gaya, Nawada districts to get specific aids & appliances as Tricycle, Wheelchair, Callipers, Cane Stick, Smart Cane Stick and Walker according to their needs, Mrs. Sujata Prasad (State Program Manager) has informed. She provided a summary of the distribution plan for each district as 25 Tricycles, 33 Wheelchairs, 04 pairs of Callipers, 03 Cane Sticks, 02 Smart Cane Sticks and 01 Walker for Hazaribag along with 08 Tricycles, 03 Wheelchairs and 01 pair of Callipers in Koderma as well as 11 Tricycles, 23 Wheelchairs, 02 pairs of Calliprs, 04 Cane Sticks, 02 Smart Cane Sticks and 10 Walkers for Giridih. We target to provide 47 Tricycles and 01 Wheelchair in Gaya while 39 Tricycles, 07 wheelchairs, 03 pairs of Callipers and 01 Smart Cane Stick are marked for Nawada district, Mrs. Sujata has briefed.

These assistive devices have been purchased from ALIMCO (Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India), Kanpur and now reached to most of the beneficiaries through device distribution camps being organized at block level in every program district.