Story by: Ishmael Barfi
The Executive Director of the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba has called on Ghanaians to treat Person’s With Disabilities (PWDs) with love, care and respect for they are relevant in the socio-economic development of the country.
To her, Persons With Disabilities are human beings and needs to be accorded the needed respect and support to enable them to bring the best out of them.
Treating Person’s With Disabilities well and respecting them according to her is a constitutional mandate of every citizen,hence equal equity and equal opportunities.
Let Respect & Love Persons With Disabilities- Otiko Djaba
“It is not easy for a lot of people especially Person’s With Disabilities and in Ghana, we don’t treat them well, we don’t give them respect, so chose to go into this difficult area”, she asserted.
Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba made this passionate call at her 60th Birthday celebrations with Person’s With Disabilities on Friday, 21st January, 2022 at her Foundation Head office in Accra.
The former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection on the occasion donated 160 wheelchairs and other walking aids to Person’s With Disabilities to mark her 60th birthday.
The decision to celebrate her birthday with PWDs according to her was in appreciation first to God, who had guided her through difficult times, and also to Person’s With Disabilities whom had been a source of inspiration to her.
Let Respect & Love Persons With Disabilities- Otiko Djaba
“When God blesses you, it’s important to give back, and of my 60 years, it’s been such a journey, ful of struggle, pains and tears”.
“Through all the years, I have had destiny helpers who have been there to help me through each situation” she recounted.
However she acknowledged that, the Foundation can not solve all the challenges facing persons with disability however the donation is her widows mite adding that, last she donated 59 wheel chairs when she obtained 59 and decided to double it to 160 at age 60.
Let Respect & Love Persons With Disabilities- Otiko Djaba
The donation of the 160 assistive devices forms part of her initiative to donate at least 16,000 of the wheelchairs across the country to support PWDs to be able to go about their daily activities in a more comfortable manner.
Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
