By Ngenwie Seraphine
Close to 40 persons living with disabilities
PWDs within the Bamenda III Sub divisional Council have received some life
support assistance.
The gifts made up of financial assistance, Wheel chairs,
brail papers, phones and white canes where handed over to the PWDs for the
Bamenda III Council by Mayor Fongu Cletus and Epopa Emma chief of the Bamenda
III sub divisional social center of the Ministry of Social Affairs August 16.
Addressing the beneficiaries, Mayor
appreciated the PWDs for the efforts they are making to support themselves. He
regretted that the assistance could be coming late compared to the time the
need was expressed but noted that tthey are coming the time they are available.
He expressed the wish and hope that the items be used for the purpose for which
they were intended.
Prior to handig over the items, the Mayor
extended words of appreciation to the Ministry of Social Affairs with whose
collaboration the items were gotten.
“I think it is a routine exercise that as
soon as we are able to assemble some resources, we reach out to our people and
today we have chosen to reach out to the physically challenge people. Our
interest is to ameliorate their living condition and see how we can put our own
little effort to make them fully part of the society.” Mayor Fongu Cletus
noted.
“Being in this disability issue for more than
10years, we have been coming to the council soliciting for help so today we
have finally been called. It is two years back that my application was sent to
the Ministry of Social affairs for financial assistance so we were called today
and given the assistance which has come at the time we really need it. As I am
doing embroidery, I pray I will use the money properly so I can make more
income for my family and myself.”
Benedicta V. Akumbom Secretary General of NW association of PWDS and a
beneficiary said.
“May I begin by thanking the Ministry of
Social Affairs and Bamenda III Council for having in mind to satisfy the need
of members of Hope Social Union for the visually impaired where I am a visibly
satisfied president. I think all the gifts that have been given to my members
here today will help them in one way or the other because students received
papers and others who are not students received walking canes which is
something very laudable and I think they will be of great help to them.” Tohnaing
Peter leader of the visually impaired said
The Bamenda III Counncil is handing over the
gifts at the time the partnership with the Socio Economic Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities SEEPD program of the Cameroon Baptist Convention
Health Services is fast growing towards making the municipality inclusive to
PWDS.