In an effort to ensure that persons with disabilities have the same opportunities as every Guyanese, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications yesterday donated a number of tablets and a robotic kit to the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD).
The presentation ceremony was held at the Ministry of Public Telecommunications on Camp Street, in Georgetown.
Minister Cathy Hughes told attendees how honoured the ministry was to grant GCOPD’s request by donating 59 tablets and a robotics kit to them. She said that it was just one of the many initiatives the ministry has embarked on to focus on persons with disabilities. With the exception of a few, namely Ganesh Singh, persons with disabilities have been very silent and living on the fringes of the society, Hughes said. The initiative, she added, is to ensure that they have the same opportunities and tools for learning along with personal goals as any other Guyanese.