Take a pledge an initiative by Svayam (Sminu Jindal S.J. Charitable Trust based at New Delhi, India) which works for promoting dignity for people with reduced mobility.
The humble cause aims to educate people about Reduced Mobility and the difficulty people with Reduced Mobilty barriers persons with reduced mobility go through while accessing the built environment and transport systems/ services in their daily lives. This initiative advocates an enabling & accessible environment for all.
Take a Pledge is a perfect activity to cause the desired effect. It aims to connect with people through social media like Facebook and spread awareness about infrastructural barriers in enjoyment of basic human rights by persons with reduced mobility with people sharing in their personal experiences of the trials and tribulations with reduced mobility due to absence of enabling and inclusive environment around them.
The experiences would help us to locate and check on the barriers around us in community infrastructure and not only suggesting the access solutions to make these places barrier free and accessible to all but also following it up with the concerned public bodies/ agencies/ municipalities.
This initiative aims at not only generating awareness about the trials and tribulations of reduced mobility populace (that includes the elderly, expecting mothers, mothers with new born babies as well as toddlers and the physically challenged) but also mould public and policy makers opinion in favour of public private participation in providing and executing accessibility solutions.
Svayam steps in to fill the gap by way of undertaking audits, identifying problem areas, developing strategies to overcome the same as per international standards of accessibility and universal design and handhold the implementation process to ensure the accurate execution.
“You’re not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have.”
So join hands to make this initiative a great stepping stone in reducing accessibility barriers us.
Do your bit – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Svayam-India/108462422591349?sk=app_208195102528120