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| Charity Chahasi (second from left) and Lucy Chesi (right front row) flanked by other disabled members. Image: (file) |
A total of 2500 people with disabilities in Mombasa County will benefit from face masks donated by Tunaweza Women with disability a Mombasa based community based organization.
Speaking
to the media in Mombasa on Monday Tunaweza Women with Disability executive
officer Charity Chahasi said is at high risk of contracting the disease due to
their vulnerability.
“It is very difficult for the disabled to walk
without coming into contact with someone or something,” she said.
Chahasi
urged donors to come out and assist the disabled adding that they risk
starvation should no one listen to their cry.
Johson
Nyagaka one of the disabled staff at the facility said the pandemic has led to
joblessness.
He
says the community depend on the sales of the items they produce which he says
has drastically reduced.
“I must admit that we got the aid from Mombasa
County but I want to say that there are more of us out there who have not
received it,” he noted.
He called on the government to channel all funds targeting the disabled community a
move he adds will empower the community.
“The
government should put in place measures to ensure that monies targeting the
disabled community reach them,” he said.
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