‘PWDs using hands to move around need COVID-19 assistance

PEOPLE with disabilities have complained of being left out in terms of social safety nets provided by government under the current lockdown, although they were the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nyasha Chichi Mahwende of Young Voices Disability Zimbabwe told NewsDay last Thursday that they had been overlooked since the lockdown came into force on March 30.

Mahwende disclosed during a Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) virtual meeting on public finance management, transparency and accountability of COVID-19 funds that some PWDs, who use hands for mobility, have not been included in financial and protective clothing assistance measures being implemented.

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