Hyderabad, Sep 29 : GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF), the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of GMR Group, organized special camps to distribute aids and appliances to 400 physically challenged persons in Telangana.
These camps are being organized in coordination with the National Institute of Locomotor Disability (NILD) at three places –Suryapet, Choutuppal, and Shamshabad in the state from September 26 to 29, a release here said on Wednesday.
NILD, Kolkata is an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. Its mission is to conduct disability assessment camps in different parts of the country and provide required aids and appliances, free of cost, to persons with disabilities.
Earlier GMRVF has partnered with NILD and organized such assessment camps and distribution of aids and appliances in its project locations for two years.
A total of 400 beneficiaries with disabilities were identified from these locations. However, due to the pandemic, this distribution activity had been suspended and with the Covid situation now largely under control, the program has recommenced.
The aids and appliances given to the Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) include wheelchairs, hand propelled tricycles, artificial limbs, hearing aids, crutches, walking sticks and foldable walkers, the release added.(UNI)