People with disabilities are encouraged to seek assistance through the Disabled Trust Fund in which a sum of 400 thousand rupees is set aside each year to assist them.

The Minister responsible for the family, Marie-Celine Zialor, said that the new criteria that have been put in place make provision for what funds have been used to provide the more specialized equipment that people with disabilities need, what people need. certified by a doctor with a disability, who is not receiving assistance from another country for the same needs and also who is a Seychellois.

Minister Zialor gave these details to the Assembly this morning when he was answering a question from MNA Naddy Zialor on this issue.

Regarding the number of applicants since the new procedure was established and the number of people who attended, Minister Zialor said that there are 46 applications submitted since the new procedure was established. six have completed their attendance, five have been approved to attend soon, while the others need to put their documents in order before they can attend.

But is there any application that is pending before the new procedure is in place and has not yet been attended to?

The Minister said that there are applications and two of them have been completed and the others need to put their documents in order to be quoted in the appropriate quotations before attending.

Meanwhile, Minister Zialor said that he is also among the individuals and businesses that are helping to buy equipment for people with disabilities and took the opportunity to thank them and launched a call for other people who can help to move forward. depending on the fund.

In the year 400 thousand rupees have been put into this fund and for this year so far a sum of 130 thousand rupees has been spent in it, PS Roukou says.

It also outlines the educational programs to educate potential applicants about the existence of this fund, which they will need to do to gain access to this fund.

PS Roucou says that among the reasons why this fund helps people with wheelchairs, modify the party band to make them more disabled friendly and say the biggest sum of money that this fund spends on a process between 40 and 50 thousand rupees.

Source: Seychelles Nation