SleepTech September - October 2018

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life. One of the primary goals of
the Association is to prevent new
and permanent disabilities that
may arise and to ensure that the
society is informed of this area.
The Association has more than
2,100 members and more than
1350 members are paralytics at
various levels.
The Spinal Cord Paralytics Association
of Turkey (TOFD) has already
delivered 2024 electric wheelchairs
to disabled people in 81
cities throughout Turkey until now.
Thus, disabled people have begun
to participate in social life as well
as to act freely. Today, thousands
of spinal cord paralytics still keep
on waiting for electric wheelchairs
to regain their freedom.
3 electric wheelchairs donated by
Robatech Turkey were delivered to
disabled people at TOFD Association
Centre in Ataköy/Istanbul.
At the delivery ceremony, TOFD
Vice President Semra Çetinkaya,
Robatech Turkey Finance Manager
Yasemin Erbay, Sales Manager A.
U. Hakan Tanrıöven and Project
Manager İsmail Keçebir attended.
Regarding the subject, Sales
Manager A. U. Hakan Tanrıöven
stated, “As it is known, the way
for a person in a heavy disabled
group without being dependent
on someone else, to be able
to work, to go to school, to go
shopping, in short, to manage his/
her life to some extent is a matter
of having an electric wheelchair.
The importance of the electric
wheelchairs is very big in order
for disabled citizens to be able
to move easily and freely. As the
Robatech family, we are very well
aware that our main duty is to
contribute to the growth of the
country’s economy. Besides that,
we are also aware of our responsibilities
towards the society. In
this sense, we have wanted to
help our disabled citizens to step
into freedom through the Spinal
Cord Paralytics Association of
Turkey.”
“How fortunately that we carry
hope for the future of our citizens
within the framework of the
social responsibility projects we
have been carrying out, we try
to enable them to get one step
closer to their freedom and help
them to overcome all the obstacles
that might come along with
our support. I would like to thank
Ms. Semra Çetinkaya, the Vice
President of the Association who
helped us at the point where this
support of us reaches the right
persons and to all the association
employees on behalf of the
Robatech Family and myself.”