Agreement signed to provide prosthetic devices for disabled

MUSCAT: Oman India Fertilizer Company (OMIFCO) on Thursday signed three agreements in the Ministry of Social Development to provide prosthetic devices worth RO 50,000 for the Oman Association for the Disabled (OAD), Al Noor Association for the Blind (NAB) and the Omani Society for Hearing Impaired (OSHI).

Ahmed bin Said al Marhobi, Finance Director General at OMIFCO signed the agreements on behalf of the company, while Sultan bin Nasser al Amri, Board Chairman of OSHI, Sultan bin Ahmed al Sabahi, Deputy Board Chairman of NAB and Yahya bin Abdullah al Aamri, Board Chairman of OAD signed the agreements on behalf of the aforesaid associations.

Dr Yahya bin Badr al Maawali, UnderSecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, a number of officials at the Social Development Ministry and OMIFCO, and representatives and members of the three associations attended the signing ceremony.

Meanwhile, Al Noor Association for the Blind on Thursday concluded its participation at the General Assembly of the World Union for the Blind, which was hosted by Florida in the US during August 18-25.

A large number of countries, including the Sultanate took part at the General Assembly.

Rashid bin Sulaiman al Farsi, Chairman of Al Noor Association for the Blind, said that heads of the participant delegations attended the opening prosthetic devices for the blind exhibition.

The devices are manufactured by major companies from China, Korea, US and other countries of the world.