The ruthless gravel skins his knees, as he coughs with the dust. People stare with wide eyes, hanging jaws, and rude pointing fingers. He crawls with the dust, breathes with the dirt. Sputtering and wheezing, he arrives at school, and clambers into his seat. School begins, and when the day is over he goes back, breathing in all the dust around him. Everyday he did this, everyday, as the ruthless gravel skinned his knees, and he coughed with the dust.
For many years, he struggled to his classes, in front of the neighbors, friends and family, classmates, in front of the whole village. He needed a lot of guts and courage to pass through the roads, lacking, when we decide to …
HelpHandicap Foundation is delighted to announce that it will organize medical camps for free distribution of assistive equipment to people with various disabilities in India.
The following items will be distributed:
1. Three wheel cycles
2. Manual wheelchairs
3. Crutches (pair, small, medium & large)
4. Blind Sticks
5. Walking Sticks
6. Hearing Aids (single & double cord)
The medical/distribution camps will be held in Delhi, Amroha, Aligarh and Rampur during January and February 2009. HHF is working with heathcare professionals and a local NGO in India to make this happen.
HHF is the only organization working for the betterment of people with disabilities in India. Since 2001, the foundation has empowered close to 2000 individuals with disabilities from inception. HHF …
To further empower people with disabilities in India, HelpHandicap Foundation (HHF) has announced the introduction of the following 2 new programs in 2009:
1. Job Oriented Vocational Training
2. Assistive Technology (AT) for Learning Disabilities
HHF believes that the above programs will further assist people with disabilities in India; and help them become mainstream citizens and lead undiminished lifestyles.
Besides the new programs in 2009, HHF is looking forward to the implementation of Newborn Hearing Screening program and Rehabilitation Medical Camps in India this year; these programs have been announced in 2008 and earlier.
HHF is the only organization working for the betterment of people with disabilities in India. Since 2001, the foundation has empowered close to 2000 individuals with disabilities from inception. HHF will …
From the times long ago, his mother used to push the wheelchair on the unruly gravel roads, the long, hard way to school, just so her son could get an education. And the father, who earned little money as a mechanic, worked and tried and struggled to make money so that he could support his boy.
Those were the parents who had the dream…the dream for their child to become something other than what is known for in the dusty city of Vuyyur in Krishna. Something much more respectable…
Abdul (name of the applicant is changed for privacy reasons) didn’t let himself be the prisoner of polio. He knew he had a dream to become someone, someone he wanted himself to be. …
