Dutch voluntary group supports physically challenged

THE Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly in Accra in partnership with a voluntary team from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Netherlands has donated 250 wheelchairs to some physically challenged persons in the area.
Donating the wheelchairs, Elder Allan Charles Millet of the Latter Day Saint Charities of the Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, expressed the belief that the chairs would go a long way to bring some improvement in the lives of the recipients.
The tyres of the chairs, he said, were mountain bike tyres that could withstand rough terrain.
According to him, they had so far donated about 750 wheelchairs worth $100,000 to the physically challenged in the Ashanti , Central and the Greater Accra regions, and were expecting about a container full within the next few weeks.
The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Ebenezer Adjei Osekre, in his address urged the recipients of the chairs not to see their challenges as limitations.
"The challenges you may encounter are to encourage you and not to make you feel inferior to others. Have at the back of your minds that the one who makes you feel inferior also has a disability, which is not noticeable or in plain sight, " he advised. The municipal chief executive said all humans had various challenges - physical, emotional or mental.
He expressed his appreciation to the voluntary team from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and encouraged them to pursue their dignified dream of supporting the physically challenged.