A Para-Sport: Eyes with Hope
The national level wheelchair basketball, para-sporting event was organised by Sundar Dhoka Saathi Sewa (SDSS) as a Bikash Shield in 2024. In the event, there were participants from all seven provinces of the country, however the situation of players from Madhesh Province (MP) was so critical.
Wheelchair is not just a device but part of my body: Service matters
Kamala Ghimire is a 41 years old woman with spinal cord injury (SCI). When she was just 28 years old, she fell down from a tree while collecting tree fodders for her livestock in her village called Mahangkaal. Despite her disability, she loves to do things independently and moves around too. As the roads of Nepal are not wheelchair friendly and it is more complicated to move around during the rainy season. Due to this, wheelchairs need regular repairing service and bearing its cost was a bit challenging, Kamala added.
Reason to live: SDSS is my lifeline
Kedar shared his bond with SDSS as a life-saving organization. After becoming a person with SCI, he lost all the hopes of his life, later on he encountered SDSS through Sundar Dhoka Church (SDC). His life changing journey with SDSS started as a handicraft therapist, where he got a job to work in a handcraft department as well as got support of accommodation within the organization. The accessible infrastructure and motivating personalities of the organization had fueled him to live his life in a wheelchair.