October 6, 2021
BY PROBLYN J. ALPHA
The disable Gender Desk Officer at the Kono District Council has promised to make street begging the thing of the past among disables in Kono District.
Victoria Christiana Finda Bockarie made the statement in a meeting with more than twenty (20) disable representatives from the different disable camps in Kono District held at the Kono District Council conference hall D.O. Barracks in Koidu City.
According to her since she assumed office as the disable Gender desk officer, she has worked tirelessly with the available like-minded organizations in the bid to improve the lives of her colleague disables in the municipality of Koidu and the district as a whole.
She pointed out that some of her interventions over the years include: The provision of safe drinking water, food, educational support to physically challenged school going children and the construction of an accommodation for her colleagues to name but a few.
As food is paramount for people living with disabilities, Miss. Bockarie intimated her colleague disables that another provision of food and financial support to the different disable camps in the City of Koidu has begun some couple of weeks ago noting that all her interventions are aimed at minimizing the spate of street begging among disables both in the municipality of Koidu and Kono District as a whole.
She maintained that plans are under way for her office and its partners to address major felt needs of the physically challenged in the district. The Disable Gender Desk office at the Kono District Council thanked the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and children’s Affairs, IRC and Kono District Council for supporting her office and she further appealed to all categories of disables in the district to be united for the general benefit of them living with disabilities.