Rehab 50 persons with disabilities in Cochabamba

Cristian is 19 years old: he comes from a remote area of Bolivia and has come to Cochabamba to train as a secondary school teacher. He has enrolled in the Teacher Training School of Paracaya, located about 50 km from the city, choosing to specialize in philosophy, with the aim of providing guidance and teaching to young people.

Due to a disability he has had since birth, Cristian uses a wheelchair. His adaptation to Paracaya has not been easy: the infrastructure of the school is located on a slope at the foot of a mountain range and presents challenges for accessibility. However, the young man has not given up, and has also found support from the educational community: working together with administrative staff, students and some teachers, the school is progressively making architectural modifications such as ramps and sliding walkways to make the infrastructure more accessible to Cristian and other people with reduced mobility.

A teacher from the school knocked on Tukuy Pacha's door, explaining that Cristian's wheelchair, already worn out from use, needed to be replaced urgently. So, thanks to your generosity, we were able to provide the young man with a reinforced wheelchair model, which allows him to move around the campus safely. That's why we send you, on behalf of Cristian and the educational authorities of the Paracaya Teachers Training School, a sincere thank you.

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Dear benefactor, we send you cordial greetings from Cochabamba, Bolivia.

We hope this new year has started in the best way for you and your loved ones. In this opportunity, we would like to share with you, from Tukuy Pacha, one of the little big actions made thanks to the generosity of people like you.

Last October we delivered an adapted wheelchair to Nicol, a 6 year old girl who lives in a peripheral area of the city. Nicol has had a multiple disability since birth and is lovingly cared for by her mother, brother and sister, who transport her and assist her in all activities. When we met her, she used to spend many hours lying in a baby carriage at the small stall where her mother works. Limited financial resources did not allow the family to provide Nicol with adequate seating and access to therapy sessions. For this reason, one of Tukuy Pacha's community promoters and a psychologist have made weekly visits to Nicol, providing mobilization and sensory stimulation activities for his family members. A neurologist doctor of a a partner organization evaluated Nicol. A wheelchair has been acquired and modified taking into account the child's characteristics, so that she can use it for a long time.

Sitting in the wheelchair, Nicol now has a better posture and can do more activities with her hands, manipulating the objects and toys that attract her attention. Your support is important to sustain and deepen our work of accompanying many families and girls like her.

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Links:

• Tukuy Pacha web page