Government has observed that disabled children have been neglected by society including those very close to them like their immediate families.
Community Development and Social Services Permanent Secretary (PS) Sherry Thole says the children have in most cases been discriminated against yet it is not by choice that they are disabled.
ZANIS reports that Ms. Thole said this in a speech read on her behalf by Ministry of Community Development and Social Services Director of Human Resource and Administration Lameck Kanyuka when Children In Need Network (CHIN) donated six wheelchairs to six disabled children at Bwafwano Community Home Based Care Center in Lusaka’s Chazanga area today.
She said it was gratifying that CHIN had committed its resources to helping children with special needs so that their welfare is also improved.
Meanwhile, CHIN Executive Director Samuel Chakamba said the mission of CHIN was to continue upholding the rights of the disabled children across the country.
Dr. Chakamba said his organization would not relent in rendering support to the children with disabilities across the nation to improve their livelihood.
And Bwafwano Community Home Based Care Center Director, Beatrice Chola commended CHIN for the gesture adding that the wheelchairs would go a long way in assisting the children.
Ms. Chola called upon CHIN to continue offering support to children with disabilities across the country and appealed to other organizations to emulate CHIN’s support to disabled children in the country.
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Its the responsibilty of the government to look after its people especially the vulnerable not just the president and ministers. and they have capacity to do so, only misplaced priorities especially GK
Govt. saddened by their own failures? Giving speeches at functions where others are taking the initiative that those elected to do so, refuse to do so. We have a leadership that would rather pay themselves as MPs billions of tax payer kwacha for simply holding some title while the disabled among millions of others are neglected. Yet we spend hours debating whether a gay persons basic human rights should be recognized. I think the term ‘third word’ should be synonymous with barbaric because sadly that’s what our actions show, Christian barbarism! Sad indeed.
The government is supposed to protect and take care of vulnerable people in the society. This include children and People with disabilities. The are many street kids in Zambian towns who are more visible than our disabled brothers and sisters, If you have been doing your work you would not have been surprised. Having seminars in Five hotel and getting fat allowances, won’t help vulnerable people in the community. Go in the communities and find out from the disabled people themselves how you can help them. These people want to be independent and self reliant, EMPOWER THEM!!!