TRA affirms continuing support for people with special needs with launching of new specialized bus for PWDs
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has revealed its continuing commitment to supporting people with special needs and people with disabilities (PWD's)--treating them as important members of society and managing them with the exact same rights that all people and citizens of the UAE enjoy. The TRA likewise supports the efforts to provide this sector with the necessary training and credentials that will enable them to look after themselves as well as serve the country too. In line with this, the TRA has announced the launching of a new specialized bus for PWD's to match the 'Hafelaty' program, an effort of the 'Rashid Centre for the Disabled' to carry disabled students.
The arrangement of the new bus falls under TRA's corporate social responsibility (CSR)-- aiming to transport disabled students, facilitate their motion and offer a comfy methods of travel to help guarantee their effective completion in the qualifying programs supplied by the centre. This initiative is likewise part of the numerous programs introduced by TRA in support of disabled children.
The bus has special features to support its PWD guests such as movable staircases, wide spaces for wheel chairs, huge doors, internal signals for trainees with hearing special needs, voice commands for students with vision disability and many other features that have actually been developed for compliance with set international PWD standards.
Mohammed Rashid Al Ketbi, Acting Deputy Director General for Support Service Sector, expressed joy on the recent launch and the successful partnership with the 'Rashid Centre for the Disabled,' which is commonly acknowledged for its essential programs and initiatives accommodating the disabled. Al Ketbi confirmed the TRA's continuing efforts to assist the plight of PWD's because of the important roles they play in society-- helping them in their journey to acquire important skills and start their own career path. He also called on different organizations and individuals to increase their awareness on comprehending the disabled and advised them to participate in CSR programs for PWD's.
" We need to continue to protect and look after members of the PWD community-- offering these people with the much required centers and required care, which in turn, will reflect the UAE's stance to social justice and equality. As the world today leans toward a more electronic lifestyle, the TRA has actually set goals of supporting PWD's with a wide variety of benefits and privileges that they can get and utilize minus the problem of walking around," said Al Ketbi.
The inauguration of the new specialized bus, which will bear the TRA logo, will be led by His Highness (H.H.) Juma Bin Hasher Al Maktoum, sponsor for the 'Rashid Centre for the Disabled' and will be joined by representatives from the TRA and other welcomed visitors.
According to TRA, making it possible for the disabled and make sure that their requirements are supplied is a part of the technique to attain happiness, in reaction to the instructions of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The directive particularly covers the move to increase efforts in supplying appropriate and unique services for the handicapped to raise their happiness and engage them in society, as well as aid achieve happiness for their families.
The TRA has created and adopted different CSR programs and initiatives in conjunction with the happiness method. This has actually resulted in the effective execution of numerous social efforts within different levels and fields-- additional consolidating its belief in developing society members' skills by providing them with trainings and programs to help in the UAE's move towards continuous advancement and success.
