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GRAB Launches Wheelchair Vehicles To Provide Employment For Differently-Abled

“Livelihood on Wheels”, a project launched by GRAB, a tech-abled last-mile logistics company that aims to provide livelihood opportunities for differently-abled people.

In this initiative, GRAB has collaborated with Youth4Jobs and NeoMotion Assistive Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Youth4Jobs is an NGO that will assist GRAB to identify the candidates depending on the job role and level of disability faced by the individual. 

The NGO will understand the nature of employment and remuneration defined by GRAB and explain to the candidate during the identification stage, acting as a coordinator between the two ends.

Whereas NeoMotion is a mobility provider will be providing low-cost battery-operated wheelchair vehicles to the candidates. These candidates will be covering up to 10km for delivering pharma, groceries, and food products.

The project will pilot 10 candidates, initially.

“From the time of inception, GRAB has always believed in promoting inclusivity in its work culture, We are proud to initiate the ‘Livelihood on wheels’ project to support members from the differently-abled community and empower them with financial independence above all”

Nishant Vora, Co-Founder & Director, GRAB

GRAB(GRAB a Grub)

GRAB is India’s largest and fastest-growing tech-abled last-mile logistics company that caters to businesses ranging from restaurants, online grocers, offline and online retail, e-commerce platforms, kirana stores, pharmacies, and more.

The Mumbai-based company was founded in 2014 when the last-mile delivery market was budding. GRAB is a subsidiary company of Reliance Industries (Reliance Retail), which holds an 80% stake. The company is the exclusive in-house logistics provider for JioMart. Currently, it is closely working with 500 clients outside of Reliance, including Ola Dash, KFC, Zepto, McDonald’s, and Big Basket, to name a few. 

GRAB caters to over 600 cities and covers more than 13,000 pin codes within the country.

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