MoSWRR issues nearly 40,000 PWD registration cards within three years

According to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement, PWD registration cards have been issued to 39,268 disabled persons from 2021 to November 2023.
Measures are also being taken to carry out the registration and classification process of disabilities in another ten townships in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, and Mandalay to provide financial assistance.
The associations of disabled persons remarked that it is necessary to create employment opportunities and sources of income for disabled persons, especially those who are graduates or skilled in trades, rather than providing financial assistance.
According to the statistics released by the associations of disabled persons, there are 2.3 million PWDs in Myanmar. — TWA/ TMT