BSLT embarks on Skills empowerment for the underprivileged

Born Short Living Tall (BSLT), has embarked on a three year campaign dubbed seventeen eighteen (17-18) aimed at raising awareness on the rights of people who are differently abled which is scheduled to start in April 2019.

This campaign will endeavor to empower the underprivileged with knowledge and skills to help them start their own businesses so that they can become self-reliant and create jobs for others.

Executive director Ntalasha Chisha says it is a shame to see disabled people marginalized in society because they don’t know their rights.

He has told QTV news that most disabled people are on wheelchairs begging on the streets and this is why we have started this project to help such individuals.

Mr. Chisha says the k 1, 080, 000 (one million 80 thousand kwacha) project also aims at helping the country attain the united nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGS) to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all .

He explains that it is worth noting that building a viable national vision begins with making these deliberate steps.

Mr. Chisha says the project is available for funding and that he will forge partnerships with members of parliament so that every constituency benefits from this program.

Meanwhile Mr. Chisha has commended government for allocating 10 percent of the 2000 teachers to be recruited to persons living with disability saying the step alone recognizes the right of persons with disabilities to work, on an equal basis with others.