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India In Humanity programme to rehabilitate 500 Syrians

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09 Apr, 21 10:33
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India In Humanity programme to rehabilitate 500 Syrians

The India’s permanent representative in United Nation, T S Tirumurti made a mention of the role played by India under the “ India In Humanity” programme to rehabilitate 500 Syrians by providing them artificial limbs Jaipur Foot. Speaking at the UN security council on Monday said that India has already extended immediate medical assistance and food assistance to Syria recently, in addition to the development cooperation projects,. “Our artificial limb fitment camp of the well-known “Jaipur Foot” of the Jaipur -based headed by Padmabhushan D R Mehta of BMVSS in India, which was conducted in Damascus, benefited over 500 Syrians affected by the conflict. We had undertaken this Jaipur Foot initiative under the rubric of “India For Humanity”. We certainly need humanity now more than ever on the humanitarian crisis facing Syria. We are deeply concerned with the alarming statistics. An estimated half-million people have died, millions have been displaced, both internally and externally, the health infrastructure has collapsed, and children have been deprived of basic education. Women, children and youth have especially been deeply impacted” said Tirumurti.The Founder and the chief patron of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), D R Mehta said that at the initiative of the ministry of external affairs (MEA), the BMVSS, the parent body of the Jaipur Foot held a special and exclusive camp in Damsacusin December 2019- January 2020 under the leadership of the former Chief Secretary of Rajasthan and the Executive President of the BMVSS Salauddin Ahmad in which a total of 515 men, women and children who had lost their limbs in the decade-long conflict in Syria were provided Jaipur foot and made them walk bringing them dignity and mobility.”Executive President of the BMVSS, Salauddin Ahmad said that Syrians have not been seeing anything but violence and conflict since 2011. There was an urgent need to build consensus on the humanitarian situation and collectively work to ameliorate the sufferings of people in Syria. The BMVSS , defying all the security risk sent a team of 10 experienced technicians to Damascus to provide artificial limbs to the suffering people. India earned a lot of goodwill of the people by holding the jaipur Foot camp and we hope to go there again once the pandemic situation improves.


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