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IndiGo shows a big heart, carries wheelchairs for free for disabled people affected in Kerala floods

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Sanitary pads, food, clothes..the relief materials being sent to Kerala is much needed. But there are not enough assistive devices and equipment for people with disabilities, who form a large part of those affected in Kerala’s worst natural disaster in a 100 years.

A gap that the organization Nipman Foundation has stepped in to address. Co-founder Nipun Malhotra sent a large consignment of wheelchairs across to flood-affected people in Kerala via IndiGo on Thursday.

People with disabilities are affected in a major way in the Kerala floods. I was going to various organisations and seeing what they were doing, and I found that no disability aides were being sent. Our foundation has a campaign called ‘Wheels For Life’ and we decided to collaborate with IndiGo and send wheelchairs to Kerala – Nipun Malhotra, Disability Rights Activist

The first batch of wheelchairs, weighing a 100-kg, was flown to Thiruvananthapuram by IndiGo, free of cost. Its a truly heartwarming gesture given how expensive sending airline cargo is.

Nipman Foundation plans to send more wheelchairs in the weeks to come. The wheelchairs are being sent to the NGO Pain and Palliative Care Trust, which will distribute them to people with disabilities who lost their wheelchairs in the disaster as well as those who have sustained injuries.

The wheelchairs will be distributed on the occasion of Onam on Saturday. A gesture that will truly brighten the lives of many.

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