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Many at times, you\nwill find them on wheelchairs in leading town centers across the country\nbegging for food and money in a bid to earn a livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But in the face of adversity, good Samaritans are coming on\nboard to put a smile on their faces by giving them donations in form of\nfoodstuffs, water, wheelchairs as well as scholarships to get formal education,\na move that has gone a long way in earning them bragging rights in high places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adrian Meja, a parliamentary aspirant in Shinyalu Sub County\nis one of the people helping the PWDs through his philanthropic work. He has\ntraversed the area giving them wheelchairs and food including facemasks and\nhand sanitisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Meja has managed to give 56 wheelchairs and over 76 crutches\nto the disabled within the constituency, an initiative he says he intends to\nreach as many people as possible in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview with The\nCounty Splash,<\/em> Meja said that he\nbegan his charitable work at a tender age of 25, this was long before the idea of him (Meja) joining politics\ncrossed his mind. \u201cI realized that many of the people affected were not being\nreached by government agencies and even charitable organisations,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meja said he spends\nhis income to initiate such projects in collaboration with well-wishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe poverty level in Shinyalu is very high and through my philanthropic\nwork as well as support from partners of goodwill, we shall do a tremendous job\nfor the community,\u201d said Mr. Meja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Meja, it defeats logic for life to go on as\nusual when persons leaving with disabilities are suffering, adding that many\npeople should come on board to help them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meja said that there\u2019s need for accountability of funds\nmeant for the disabled in society, saying a few people have been pocketing fund\nmeant for PWDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides supporting\nthe vulnerable, Meja has also initiated society based projects in Shinyalu such\nas the sinking of over 15 boreholes across the constituency and over 20 submersible\nwater pumps to enable residents access clean water and supporting construction\nof churches, youth, women and community based groups . <\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to help residents access power, Meja has\nstarted a project of purchasing and supplying solar panels where until now, he\nhas already installed at least five panels to the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n End.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kakamega By Collins Chibole Despite the spirited efforts by both the national and county governments as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to support Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs), there are still uncountable cases where such people have been left out in the program. The most affected people are the poor and vulnerable PWDs who live […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-20200512-WA0106-1024x768.jpg\")
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