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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Social Development, Digicel Foundation sign agreement

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Ryan Bachoo
649 days ago
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The Min­istry of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices and the Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion have signed an agree­ment sig­nalling a part­ner­ship be­tween the two en­ti­ties in es­tab­lish­ing a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary cen­tre in T&T that will pro­vide re­ha­bil­i­ta­tive ser­vices to per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties.

This cen­tre, the Na­tion­al Ther­a­peu­tic and Re­source Cen­tre for Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties, will pro­vide med­ical care and ther­a­peu­tic ser­vices to per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties (PWDs) in T&T.

Don­na Cox, Min­is­ter of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices launched her re­marks com­mend­ing the Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion for their con­tin­u­ous com­mit­ment to in­vest­ing in sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment pro­grammes and build­ing stronger, more re­silient in­di­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties. “This is of­ten achieved through the de­vel­op­ment and im­ple­men­ta­tion of poli­cies, pro­grammes and ini­tia­tives which fa­cil­i­tate the in­clu­sion and pro­mo­tion of the dig­ni­ty, rights and well-be­ing of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties,” said the Min­is­ter.

Ac­cord­ing to Min­is­ter Cox, “The Cen­tre aims to use a com­mu­ni­ty – based ther­a­peu­tic ap­proach in or­der to im­prove the qual­i­ty of life of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties, by pro­vid­ing ad­e­quate and ef­fec­tive ha­bil­i­ta­tive and re­ha­bil­i­ta­tive ser­vices, there­by re­duc­ing the pletho­ra of health con­di­tions, ill­ness­es and in­juries that re­sult from their dis­abil­i­ty.”

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