CHITRAL, July 12: Human Resource Development Society and Sighsavers have begun a project in Chitral district to ensure easy access of the persons with disabilities (PWDs) to water and sanitation facilities.

Representatives of the two nongovernmental organisations told reporters here that besides raising public awareness of the need for helping PWDs, the project would also help PWDs access drinking water and sanitation services without trouble.

According to them, the project will last two years, while special arrangements will be made to ensure its sustainability thereafter by forming special organisations for disabled persons at union council and district levels.

Representatives of the two NGOs said these special organisations would consist of PWDs and provide special persons with a forum for discussing problems and finding their solution.

They said the project would bring about changes in the attitude of normal people towards PWDs, who had hitherto been consigned to oblivion or ignored in the society. —Correspondent