The Commissioner for Welfare of Disabled and senior citizens department and Deputy CEO for PwDs B. Shailaja gave a call for all the NSS volunteers to render their services in the ensuing Assembly Elections as volunteers at the one day workshop on “Accessible Election for all NSS coordinators and program officers from different Universities and Colleges across Telangana.
She in her address to the coordinators and program officers requested to sensitized all the volunteers towards special needs of the PwD’s and facilities provided by Election Commission and motivate them to extend their services for this noble cause
The Election Commission of India, to facilitate Person with Disabilities by providing necessary facilities at every polling station including volunteers. The volunteers to be drawn from NSS Units across Telangana.
The main objective of the program was to acquaint all the coordinators about the special needs of the PwD’s voters and the role of volunteers in assisting them as per there requirement briefed them about the major problem PwD’s face is communication, Mobility etc. The volunteers need to know how to use the assistive aids such as wheel chair and how to communicate hearing impaired and how to guide visual impaired the same has been taught to who intern will pass on the information to volunteers.
The program was address by B. Shailija State Commissioner and Dypt CEO for PwD’s and Vinshnu Dev from State NSS officer from Government of Telangana Prof. Rajashekhar from EFLU has attended the program.
Prof. Vishnudev recollection the commendable role of NSS during previous Elections has assured that this year to all efforts will be taken by NSS to extend the services of volunteers in Elections to assess PwD’s. The program ended with a happy note and assurance from both sides that they will be working as a team. The experts from National Institutes from NIHH, NIVH and staff from Welfare of Disability & Senior citizens imparted necessary orientation in such as Key Signs, Braille, how to guide VI and manage OH. 150 NSS volunteers including State Coordinator and Programme Officers and the officials of Disabled department and EFLU attended the meeting.