Support children and persons with Disabilities

The care taken by the staff of SIVA Trust towards the more than 300 persons with disability (PwD) in the working area continued with the same vigour during this quater also. They informed the PwD candidates with the special camps organised by the Government agencies for evaluating their need for assistive devices and helped them in filling the relevant application forms. On their pursuance, 6 PwD got new disability identity cards. The pending applications of the PwD for assistive devices and rail/bus passes were pursued further. Awareness creation meetings on disability and the schemes available for them from the Government departments were held at 3 centres during the quarter.

A crippled youth of Thevarkulam village who was financially assisted to set up a small shop in his village for his livelihood requested for additional fund of Rs.30,000 for expanding his shop and his business. The same was provided to him after due diligence and seeing the good result of the assistance.

Cooperative Society loan was arranged for a hearing impaired woman of Panavadalichatram village to purchase a high-end sewing machine to help her livelihood, as she is good in tailoring.

Another 25-year old, totally blind woman of Thevarkulam village hailing from a very poor family requested for financial help to purchase a cow for the sustenance of her family. As she was found to manage the rearing of the cow by herself, she was given the required assistance and was also helped in acquiring a good, milk-yielding cow, with which the family has started some daily earning. The woman was also helped in getting ID card, ration card and Aadhar card.

The Trust wants to do more such help to the PwD in its working area, for which any one-time or month-on-month contribution from persons with philonthropic heart will be of great help.