The Kpakpando Foundation, a non governmental organisation established to create an enabling environment for persons with disabilities, is set to provide succour as it celebrates its 19th Anniversary.
The celebration slated for Wednesday, 30th October, 2024, with the theme “Disability Inclusion in Nation Building” in Owerri, Imo State, will feature medical outreach for persons living with disabilities, provision of assistance, distribution of motorised and manual wheel chairs, crutches, power generating machines, housing and more.
According to the Founder, Kpakpando Foundation, Senator Osita Izunaso, senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Imo State, it will also feature scholarship awards, advocacy and business trainings, among others.
Among dignitaries expected to grace the event are: the Chief Host, Governor Hope Uzodinma; Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State; Minister for Sports, Senator John Eno, and a host of other dignitaries.
Izunaso disclosed that the foundation had empowered over 20,000 persons living with disability since its establishment 19 years ago.
“The foundation has more 1000 persons in its Tertiary/Secondary Scholarship Schemes. It has further trained, equipped and established businesses for over 3,000 persons.
“In partnership with other organisations such as the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN; the National Directorate of Employment, NDE; Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, a more, the foundation has organised several trainings in entrepreneurship and other skills for persons with disabilities.
” This was to give them the necessary tools to conquer their world,” he said.