A camp to provide for artificial limbs inaugurated under Indian aegis

February 02, 2022

A Camp to provide artificial limbs was jointly inaugurated today by Minister ChamalRajapaksa, who is also the Chair of the India-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Association, and High Commissioner of India to Colombo Gopal Baglay at the Ranaviru Seva Authority premises in Gampaha. The Camp will service a cross-section of people from the Sri Lankan society, spread across different regions of the country over a period of more than one month. The Camp is supported by the Government of India assistance and conducted by an Indian NGO Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang SahayataSamiti (BMVSS), which works for physical and socio-economic rehabilitation of the physically disabled. The Jaipur-based NGO, which was founded in 1975, is also the world’s largest organisation for the differently abled in terms of fitment of artificial limbs and other related aids.

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A camp to provide for artificial limbs inaugurated under Indian aegis

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