OJ Care Foundation donates wheelchairs to PWD in Palisa District

By Lawrence Okwakol 

Pallisa: Some of the most disadvantaged people who find difficulty in movement received mobility chairs courtesy of OJ care foundation a nonprofit making organization based in Soroti city founded by Julius Opio  a locals artist in Teso.

George Onyait the senior labour officer who doubles as focal person for older and disabled persons in Pallisa district said the unexpected opportunity was lobbied by Josephine Ibaseret the Soroti city West Resident City Commissioner.

Onyait said that his district, through the ministry of gender, labour and social development has supported people with disabilities and about 32 out of 44 groups have benefited from the 160m    so far injected by the ministry this financial year.

“We are only incapacitated with failure to procure mobility or wheel chairs for our people. I want to laud RCC Ibaseret for her concern to feel the gap by linking Pallisa to OJ care foundation.

What all people need to know is that we are potential candidates of any form of disability, some people are lucky to construct storeyed houses but when you  are aged  your best floor is ground one “, Onyait said.

Joshua Omugit the Pallisa district deputy speaker who is equally a disabled person said marginalization of people with disability should be ruled out.

However, Ibaseret said she got in touch with OJ foundation and requested for 60 mobility chairs for Pallisa because she cares a lot for the most vulnerable and marginalized groups.

 Ibaseret  added that she is set to help 1,250 PLE candidates who got division four and  are considered failures so that they are  trained in hands and  skills  through technical institutions so that they later  join the social  economic labour struggle in this country .

“Am in Soroti city but I have much feeling for my people who accelerated my exposure to reach out to the   focused leader of Uganda president Museveni who identified me from many aspirants who contested for members of parliament and LC5s making  me serve in the capacity as commissioner representing him in Soroti city west”, Ibaseret told The Second Opinion publication.

Julius Opio, the brain behind OJ care foundation urged people to stop underrating others with disabilities by  giving  them nicknames that are abusive in nature.

Opio requested office space for people with disabilities to enable them draw service closer to them as he intends to empower disabled persons with skills.

“Whoever attains skills  would  be given the equipment for taking off with business. It’s improper to skill up an individual who cannot raise shs. 300,000 for sewing machines “,Opio said.

Magidu Dhikusoka the resident district commissioner for Pallisa lauded OJ care foundation for identifying the gap in service delivery unlike other non-governmental organizations which deeply get involved in politics and even underrate government in power.

Moses Amuriat, one of the beneficiaries from Akisim Sub County said the mobility chair is going to relieve his family members who carry him all the time as he cannot even crawl.