PWDs, others urged to use, not sell wheelchairs, tools

Beneficiaries of wheelchairs, walking frames, sewing machines, shoes and wears, amongst others, have been urged not to sell the items, but to make judicious use of them.

This was the charge given by the Founder and President of the Charitable Youth for Nation Building Initiative (CYNBI), Mr. Adeniyi Kabiru (Kulukulu), during an empowerment and palliative distribution program organized by the foundation during the weekend.

Daily Trust on Sunday reports that over 150 beneficiaries from Ibadan, Iwo and environs went home with foodstuffs like rice, semovita, cooking oil etc, while about 25 PWDs and aged people were presented with wheelchairs and walking frames, and two women got sewing machines.

According to Adeniyi, the foundation through its post-empowerment monitoring scheme discovered that some beneficiaries of walking aids and empowerment tools often sell them due to financial hardship.

The foundation’s director of overseas operations, Princess Adepeju Adeyemi, during a chat with Daily Trust described kindness as the bedrock of any relationship and urged all to express kindness to one another.

The princess, a daughter of the late Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi who alongside her grandmother Mrs. Mary Eriyamremu cofounded the Mary Eriya House of Refuge Foundation (MEHORF), said she hopes that the award/empowerment program would be a reminder to all that kindness is a legacy which every human should strive to leave behind.