A special transportation van for disabled people, mostly
individuals in wheel chairs, will take them to medical institutions,
study, work and other activities. All clients are incapable of using
public transportation or taxis.
UAO is currently operating an old van, donated
many years ago. The van is often being repaired, and therefore out of service
on many occasions although booked for transporting the needy and
disabled to various places. The outcome of this situation is: the client
has to buy very expensive private services, which they can not afford.
The profile of the typical van rider includes a lack of
self mobility (wheel chairs users, blind due to illness, amputees),
suffering from Post Polio conditions. All riders are part of the lower
socio-economic group. Their only income is the social security
handicapped allowance, which varies from NIS 1,700 to NIS 2,700 per
month.
