Tag: Persons Living with Disabilities

Govt continues to expand public assistance systems

Govt continues to expand public assistance systems

- October 20, 2025

The government continues to modernise and expand its public assistance system, making it easier and faster for vunerable citizens to ... Read More

Health ministry ramps up support for persons with hearing impairments

Health ministry ramps up support for persons with hearing impairments

- March 7, 2025

-Launches support group for first-time hearing aid users-Provides 4,091 persons with free hearing aids The Ministry of Health’s support for ... Read More

Over 900 persons with disabilities to receive skills training this year

Over 900 persons with disabilities to receive skills training this year

- January 19, 2025

More than 900 persons with disabilities (PWDs) will receive skills training in various disciplines this year. This intervention will be ... Read More

Gov’t introduces sustainable agriculture initiative for PWDs

Gov’t introduces sustainable agriculture initiative for PWDs

- November 6, 2024

Persons living with disabilities (PWD) now have access to specialised ‘sustainable agriculture’ training, through the Ministry of Human Services and ... Read More

First Lady calls for greater support for persons with disabilities

First Lady calls for greater support for persons with disabilities

- June 13, 2024

First Lady, Arya Ali, has called for greater financial assistance for persons living with disabilities (PWDs) in developing countries. She ... Read More

Learning Lab trained over 100 persons with disabilities

Learning Lab trained over 100 persons with disabilities

- June 13, 2024

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Learning Lab has upskilled some 108 persons living with disabilities (PWDs) in ... Read More

15 differently-abled persons being trained in basic computer skills

15 differently-abled persons being trained in basic computer skills

- May 14, 2024

Fifteen differently-abled persons are presently participating in a comprehensive computer skills training programme, as an integral component of the government’s ... Read More

First batch of business owners living with disabilities receive interest-free loans

First batch of business owners living with disabilities receive interest-free loans

- April 3, 2024

Eight small business owners living with permanent disabilities were on Wednesday provided with financial funding to propel their businesses through ... Read More

Govt streamlining public assistance for people living with disabilities

Govt streamlining public assistance for people living with disabilities

- September 8, 2023

The government is streamlining the system that deals with the issuance of public assistance to People Living with Disabilities (PWD) ... Read More

20 women living with disabilities being trained in garment construction at Learning Lab

20 women living with disabilities being trained in garment construction at Learning Lab

- August 26, 2023

In an effort to provide inclusivity and equal opportunities, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is training Persons ... Read More