GUIDE TO BE WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY
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“Show You Care© is an initiative for a cause helping the physically impaired people to have equal access throughout the country by protecting their rights and making the places around us wheelchair friendly. It is a platform which gives each one of us an opportunity to play our part in this cause and prove to become a better human, a better Pakistani.”
Issue
Limited accessibility in public places for the physically challenged in Pakistan.
Cause
Change the mind-set and attitude of people towards the differently abled people of Pakistan.
Need
Impress on the concerned authorities to make it mandatory for all public places to have adequate facilities for the wheelchair bound people.
Result
A community that cares about the differently-abled people and helps them live independently.
OUR EVENTS
Latest Posts
6th Unified SOP Marathon at Emaar Crescent Bay’s office dated 28th Feb 2021. Run for INCLUSION, EMPOWERMENT and promoting AWARENESS for the Differently Abled people. We all are part of …
February 28, 2021
Source: ePaper Pakistan Observer, 25th February 2021 Source: Business Recorder, 24th February 2021
February 25, 2021
Farhat Rasheed received Champions of Pakistan award at Conclave Pakistan
November 30, 2020
Grateful to be invited as a Guest of Honour by Greenwich University at their Convocation 2019. It was an amazing experience! 😊
November 30, 2019
THE LEGACY PANELIST for the evening – Farhat Rasheed, Director & Rasheed Jan Mohammad, CEO – Westbury Group of Companies at CONCLAVE PAKISTAN – Women of Pakistan Pride of Pakistan …
November 22, 2019
Statistics
The following is the research of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Pakistan from 2003, by World Health Organisation (WHO) and from 2012, by Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD),
disabled
Approximately 10% of the population of Pakistan is faced with some form of disability = 18 Million People.
(Reference: WHO)
majority
33% of the PWDs (5.61 million) are physically challenged. This is a sizeable portion of the population.
(Reference: WHO)
growth
Annual growth rate of disabilities is 2.65%, whereas the annual growth rate of the population is 2.03%.
(Reference: HHRD)
inaccessible
Excluding a few public places, 95% of the country are highly inaccessible to wheelchair users.
(Reference: SYC)