Last Updated on July 7, 2024, 2:14 PM AST by Anthony Morris
Basseterre, St. Kitts: The Ministry of Health has donated essential mobility aids to the Ministry of Community Empowerment and Department of Aging and Disability. The announcement about this donation was made by the St. Kitts Health Promotional Unit.
The Health Ministry made a significant contribution to the various departments of St. Kitts. The departments included Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment and Social Development & Gender Affairs; Youth Empowerment Ageing and Disability.
The donation consisted of 25 wheelchairs and 25 walkers. It is also to be noted that this generous donation was made possible through the previous assistance from the republic of China (Taiwan).
The donation was handed over to the ministries during a brief ceremony held on Friday, July 5, 2024. The kind gesture of the donation also highlighted the Ministry of Health’s commitment to supporting the vulnerable communities.
Representatives of all three ministries attended the event that underscored the government’s collaborative spirit in addressing the needs of the country’s elderly and disabled.
During the donation ceremony, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Health Ministry, Curtis Martin, delivered brief remarks that expressed the Ministry’s dedication to working in partnership with other ministries to ensure the fulfilment of need of the people.
Department of Constituency Empowerment, Kelvina Salters, in accepting the donation on the behalf of the ministry said, “I want to thank the Ministry of Health for this generous donation. This is symbolic of the work that we’re doing and continue to do, which is to align our communities and community members with national initiatives.”
“As we do our daily work, which is quite granular at the community level, we have recognized several vulnerable persons who are in need of such donations, so we are pleased that we are able to respond quickly to these needs,” Kelvina added.
Concluding the ceremony, the Ministry of Health also thanked the Republic of China (Taiwan) for its invaluable support and partnership.
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