First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has received a donation of 100 special wheelchairs from the Giants Group of Nairobi.
The 100 special wheelchairs brings to 240 the number of mobility carts the ‘Beyond Zero’ initiative has received since last month when the First Lady began implementing the second Strategic Plan of her Beyond Zero initiative.
Last week, the First Lady distributed 140 hand-driven mobility carts to persons living with disability in Migori County.
The Kenya Relief Organisation, a faith-based organization from Migori that helps vulnerable groups across the country, donated the carts.
The chairs donated on Tuesday by the Giants Group of Nairobi will be distributed to needy Kenyans in line with the new strategic plan of the ‘Beyond Zero’ initiative.
Giants Group of Nairobi is a charitable organization which has been offering services to the less fortunate members of the society in Nairobi and across the country for over 30 years now.
The new strategic plan consolidates the gains made by the Beyond Zero initiative in the last four years. It is also designed to boost access to quality medical services for cancer and fistula, and ensuring fairness for children living with disability.
While handing over the wheelchairs at a ceremony held in State House, Nairobi, the chairman of the Giants Group of Nairobi, Altaf Abdalla, thanked the First Lady for her devotion to uplifting the lives of the less fortunate.
“We sincerely appreciate your hard work in putting a smile on the face of Kenyans through the ‘Beyond Zero’ initiative,” Abdalla said.
The Giants Group pledged to work with the Beyond Zero secretariat to ensure the First Lady’s vision was achieved.
On her part, the First Lady expressed her appreciation to the organisation, saying the wheelchairs would change the life of many Kenyans living with disability.
“On behalf of Beyond Zero, I would like to say ‘thank you’. We appreciate your generosity and concern for the less fortunate,” said the First Lady.