Rural
Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) and Artificial
Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) signed MoU on December15,
2017 at New Delhi valuing Rs. 10 Crores for Distribution of Aids and Assistive
Devices to Divyangjan at 25 various locations in India under the CSR initiative
of REC in the presence of Shri Sanjiv Garg, CEO, REC Foundation & Shri
D.R. Sarin, CMD, ALIMCO and other senior officials of both the organizations.
Rural
Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), A Govt. of India Navratna
Enterprise, committed financial assistance under CSR initiative to Artificial
Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) for the
project, distribution of aids & assistive devices to approx. 8000-
9000 numbers of Divyangjan in various states of India through its CSR arm,
REC Foundation.
ALIMCO is a “Not ForProfit”
Central Public Sector Undertaking working under the administrative control of
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India and has been
manufacturing various types of aids & appliances on mass scale to meet the
requirements of the Divyangjan, across the country.
The
main objective of the project is distribution of aids and assistive devices to
the persons with disabilities (PWDs), aimed at empowering this section of
society to restore their confidence and bring them up to a reasonable level.
The
Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) in this regard was executed between REC
Foundation and ALIMCO in New Delhi for free of cost Distribution of artificial
limbs, aids & appliances such as Motorized Tricycles, Tricycles, Wheel
Chairs, BTE Hearing Aids, Crutch Axilla Adjustable, Braille Cane, MSIED Kit,
Braille Kit etc.
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