By Subramania Siva | Managing Trustee
The gratious support of donors to uor project, by way of USD 2575 through GlobalGiving and INR 2,12,000 through Impact Guru were credited to our account in the last week of July and August respectively.
In the meantime, our two staff dedicated for this work continued intensive survey in the block where we work. They also got in touch with the District Differently Abled Rehabilitation Officer (DDRO) and came to know about the various Government schemes available to help the Persons with Disabilities (PwD). With that knowledge in the background, they took 8 PwD from the area (who do not have disability identity cards) to the DDRO office as well as to the medical team for checking up their percentage of disability.
When a private employment camp was organised in Tirunelveli exclusively for the PwD on July 29, 4 eligible candidates were taken to the camp and they were interviewed by prospective employers, but none could fulfill the job requirements. Two persons were helped in applying for monthly pension from the Government. Three PwD, having skill in tailoring and from a very poor family background were helped to apply for free tailoring machine from the Government.
One more staff was added on 1st September to work for the PwD living in the near Manur block. She is collecting data on the PwD in the block and also in assessing their individual requirement. The DDRO is also encouraging the organisation to come up with the details of help neeed by PwD in as many blocks as possible.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
