{"id":12425,"date":"2022-04-03T07:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T07:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disability-organizations-join-forces-against-covid-19-2"},"modified":"2022-04-03T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T07:18:11","slug":"disability-organizations-join-forces-against-covid-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/disability-organizations-join-forces-against-covid-19-2","title":{"rendered":"Disability organizations join forces against Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Lesotho National League of the Visually Impaired Persons (LNLVIP) and the National Association of the Deaf in Lesotho (NADL) with the support of the British High Commission Maseru are jointly<\/p>\n

implementing a project that is aimed at promoting safety and healthcare of the blind, partially sighted and the deaf community from Covid-19. NADL Chairperson Bongiwe Buzi said through the sensitization of relevant<\/p>\n

stakeholders, the project seeks to advocate for the need to include persons with disabilities in their response to the pandemic through creation of messages<\/p>\n

in accessible formats including braille, audio, large print and sign language by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National COVID-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC).<\/p>\n

Buzi further said persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic due to inaccessible information and communication, placing them at high risk of<\/p>\n

contacting the virus. \u201cToday we want to highlight the impact of Covid-19 on persons with disability,\u201d she said. She emphasized a need to also solicit support from policymakers for effective inclusion of persons with disabilities<\/p>\n

in Lesotho\u2019s Covid-19 prevention measures and display alternative and inclusive measures that will cater for persons with disability. LNLVIP President of the Executive Board Jeremane Teele said as the two associations,<\/p>\n

they notify Basotho about the needs that the visually impaired persons have during this Covid-19 era. Teele said the community of disabled people has been<\/p>\n

forgotten as the government has not prepared any kind of funds or grants to assist them with their needs like the old age people that are receiving grants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought during this pandemic we will be given something because we are mostly<\/p>\n

vulnerable and we are scared we will be infected with Covid-19,\u201d he said. Teele emphasized that persons with disability do not have Personal Protective<\/p>\n

Equipment (PPE) including those living in villages. He said some have lost their jobs or businesses. He said the visually impaired persons have to walk<\/p>\n

along with an assistant holding on their elbow, \u201cthis means if they do not have a sanitizer to use after touching the assistance, they are at risk\u201d. NADAL<\/p>\n

Vice Publicity Secretary Let\u0161ekha Ntlale speaking on behalf of deaf people said they are equally suffering because the face masks hinder them from hearing when<\/p>\n

a person speaks to them as they are not able to read their lips. \u201cWe always encounter challenges when we go to public places to seek for services,\u201d. He further<\/p>\n

said when they reach such places, people offering services to them refuse to uncover their mouths and that becomes a barrier for communication. He said they<\/p>\n

even took an initiative of sewing masks with a transparent cover to allow easy communication so that they give them to service providers where they normally go to for services.<\/p>\n

LNLVIP Executive Director Lisebo Phahla said, \u201cCovid-19 is the trauma that we are all experiencing so we do not want to be left behind because we are part of the society\u201d.<\/p>\n

Phahla further said they avoid victims that are affected due to lack of information. If you would like to subscribe for informative newspaper FREE WhatsApp Edition, please follow this link to join.<\/p>\n

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