MTN NIGERIA FOUNDATION
Disability Support Project (Phase 2) Request For Expressions of Interest
“The MTN Nigeria Foundation Limited by Guarantee (MTNF Ltd/Gte) was established, by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, in July 2004 to drive MTN Nigeria’s Corporate Social investment (CSI) initiatives aimed at Improving the quality of life in communities across the country.
Project Description and Location
The MTNF recognises the importance of empowering people living with disabilities, and as such, distributed its first set of disability aids and appliances to 11 states and the FCT in December 2009, Now the Foundation is ready to roll out the second phase of the project,
The beneficiary states of the second phase of the MTNF Disability Support Project are Abia, Bauchi, Borno, Edo, Enugu, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Ondo, Ogun and Rivers. The remaining 12 states will be covered in the third phase of the project.
Project Objectives
The MTN Foundation seeks to support this segment of the public by the provision of these appliances to improve accessibility and functionality, as well as to enable inclusion for persons living with disabilities.
The Mobility Aids and Appliances to be distributed include:
- Wheelchairs
- Tricycles
- Walking Sticks
- Armpit Crutches
- Elbow Crutches
- Guide Canes
- Braille Machines
- Braille Wristwatches
- Hearing Aids
The MTN Foundation will also provide training for project personnel on repairs of the types of mobility aids and appliances to be distributed to ensure sustainability,
MTN Foundation now invites submission of Expressions of Interest from Special Homes, Integrated Schools, Institutions and Associations for physically challenged, visually and hearing impaired individuals from the states listed above Expressions of Interest should be done by the above listed type of organisations on behalf of individuals living with disabilities in their care.
Please note that following strict selection criteria, appropriate disability aids and appliances will be given directly to the end users only. Hearing aids will also be given to selected candidates who have been tested by the audiologist based on quantities available.
Beneficiary Selection Process and Criteria:
Pre – Qualification Requirements
- To qualify for consideration, applicants must;
- Be persons with disabilities;
- Reside in one of the states listed above;
- Be willing to participate in the Vulnerability Index Analysis (set of criteria used to measure groups of people who are most likely to be endangered in the event of adverse circumstances of life);
- Provide contact details for two persons (name, address, telephone no, e-mail if available) through whom the beneficiary can be reached;
- Provide medical certificate or report from a Federal or State hospital confirming type of mobility aid/appliance needed.
- Provide two passport size photographs required for identification card
Next step
Recipients of the mobility aids and appliances wilt be notified in due course,
Application process:
Interested Special Homes, Integrated Schools, Federal & State Teaching Hospitals, State General Hospitals and Associations for disabled persons from the states listed above should collect application forms from Contact Project Field Officers through the Rehabilitation Department of the Ministries of Women Affairs in the 12 state/LGAs, Special Homes, Integrated Schools, Federal & State Teaching Hospitals, State General Hospitals and Associations for disabled persons situated in these states.
Completed application forms should be forwarded on or before 7th June, 2010
The MTNF DSP Project Manager
Independent Living Programme for People with Disabilities ( ILP)
SSQ 60, Guest House Road,
North Campus,
The Polytechnic Ibadan,
Oyo State.
Postal Address: P.O. Box 28801, Agodi Ibadan. Oyo State
OR
The MTNF DSP Field Officers located at the State Welfare Offices of the Ministries of Women Affairs in the mentioned states.
Endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
humanitarian work is a very good thin to do, kudos to you for not letting the disabled feel abandoned.there is ability in disability.we need more thanks