Makeathon winners will develop accessibility solutions for persons with disabilities

The Enable Makeathon -EM has selected six finalists who will now compete with each other. The International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC has announced this New Delhi.

The winner team of the Makeathon will get the opportunity to develop accessibility solutions for persons with disabilities.

The aim of the makethon is to encourage young creators to come up with affordable solutions to help the people with disabilities in the challenges they face.

The teams will focus on the needs of people with disabilities who live in the remote parts and have less access to technology.

Teams are innovating accessibility solutions

The teams are currently busy in coming up with unique ideas as per the Enable Makeathon challenges in various fields.

Some of the innovations made so far include making tourism more accessible, a low-cost version of an encyclopedia for deaf people, an application that supports pregnancy checkup for the visually impaired.

The finale of the competition will be held on 6 Feb.

The winning team will get the chance for a yar long training program to improve their skills.