Remember the differently abled says SLBWA's president
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Contact: Claudia Monlouis
Friday 5 November 2010 – An appeal has come from the Saint Lucia Blind Welfare Association (SLBWA) on behalf of the mobility challenged and vulnerable people, to persons, authorities, and organizations, co-coordinating disaster relief.
Director of the Saint Lucia Blind Welfare Association Mr. Anthony Avril, says these persons include not only the blind and visually impaired but the sick and the elderly.
“We are indeed very concerned at the Saint Lucia Blind Welfare Association with regard to the people with disabilities; those who are blind and those with other disabilities. The hurricane impacted the whole island. The people with disabilities are not able to avail themselves of the opportunities when it comes to distribution points and they can so easily be forgotten.”
The SLBWA official said the disabled, elderly and children, remain among the most vulnerable both during and after natural disasters. The association says it will be sometime before the full picture of the hurricane's impact on the disabled emerges, but there is no doubt that such persons would require post hurricane assistance. |
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