Metro donates 11 wheelchairs to Soshanguve residents
This forms part of the disability rights awareness month and national day of persons living with disabilities, which is commemorated on Saturday, December 3.
Eleven disabled persons received a wheelchair each as gift at Xola disability centre in Soshanguve block JJ on Monday.
According to MMC for community and social development Peggy de Bruin, the Tshwane metro donated 11 wheelchairs in commemoration of disability rights awareness month.
De Bruin said the metro strove to take responsibility for eradicating the persistent systemic discrimination and exclusion experienced by persons with disabilities.
She said the idea is to work together with the local government by focusing on giving persons with disability equal opportunities.
“We focus on celebrating the achievements and contributions persons with disabilities make to socio-economic development and nation-building,” she said.
The MMC said the national day of persons with disabilities is on Saturday, December 3 and there will be mass public events at the provincial and local level.
She said the metro’s disability unit within the community and social development services has been working alongside the Tshwane health district in Soshanguve.
“As a result, in my capacity as MMC, we appreciate that we are able to donate 11 wheelchairs to persons with disabilities,” she said.
She said the metro has a fully functional disability unit to connect persons with disabilities to aid devices to better their daily lives.
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