Corps Member Donates Wheelchairs, White Canes to People with Disabilities in Bauchi

Dalis Dakum, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, has donated 30 wheelchairs and 50 white canes to people with disabilities in Bauchi state.

The exercise is part of her Community Development Service (CDS) project.

Speaking during the distribution of the equipment at Yelwa Labourer in Bauchi on Tuesday, Dakum explained that the gesture was Borne out of her passion to help the physically challenged.

She however, affirmed that the equipment was not given to encourage street begging, but rather to aid their movements while engaging in productive activities.

"I see the suffering whenever I see one passing, so I decided to put a smile on their faces through my Community Development Service project," she said.

The 2022 Batch B stream II corps member with code number BA/21B/3194, serving at General Hassan Unity College, Yelwa Labourer, Bauchi, revealed that some Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) contributed to the success of the project.

She particularly appreciated Mr Ayuba Burki, the Chief Executive Officer, Beautiful Gate People Handicap, Jos, for the great help rendered in the procurement of the hand powered tricycles and white canes.

She added that the white canes were to allow its users to scan their surroundings for obstacles or orientation marks and also helpful for onlookers in identifying the user as blind or visually impaired and taking appropriate care.

"I would like to urge the beneficiaries not to give up on life and aspire for whatever they would like to be.

"Whatever your dreams are in spite of your disability, you can still achieve them because there is ability in disability,” she said.

Earlier, the State Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, said that the corps member had fulfilled one of the cardinal obligations of the scheme by carrying out the project.

Abubakar, who promised that the name of the corps member would be written in the good book of record of NYSC, urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the equipment for the purposes they were meant for.

In his vote of thanks, Malam Abdullahi Pali, who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries, appreciated the corps member for the kind gesture.

Pali, who prayed to God to grant her all her heart desires and protect her against whatever she is afraid of, called on other corps members as well as community leaders to emulate her.