Give Mobility: Wheelchairs for Nicaraguan Children

Jordi often suffered from very frightening convulsions as a child. Still, he always dreamed of growing up to be a father and a caring adult. His mother brought him to the activities at Special Families to be with other children who also had epilepsy. He met many children, even children, in wheelchairs. He began assisting them in transportation, helping them get in and out of the vehicles to go home. He was so busy helping that he didn’t realize that he no longer had convulsions. His mother noticed, and she was busy talking to doctors and therapists to make sure that Jordi was really outgrowing his seizures. Finally, the neurologist said he could try living without the convulsion medication. He was very curious about the wheelchairs and soon got a job working in the wheelchair workshop. Each year, several groups came to train young people in wheelchair repair and maintenance, and Jordi was always helping others. He was shy but always curious and always wanting to learn. Now he continues in the workshop. He has become an expert in sign language and assists other staff in communications. Since there have not been any containers with wheelchairs for a few years, Jordi has moved into other jobs through the wheelchair workshop.
He just finished helping build an annex to the turtle pond, doing every job needed, and pruning the big trees in the park. He and other young people from the wheelchair workshop keep busy. Recently, another organization received a container with wheelchairs. Jordi is willing to travel to that part of the country to assist in wheelchair distribution. They have to give out 64 wheelchairs. He will also help us collect the old wheelchairs from these children and come back and build wheelchairs here in Matagalpa.
We are very grateful to Jordi, who is now married and has a young son who has curly hair just like his Dad. Still, he does not have to worry about convulsions like he had to when he was young. Jordi and the other members of the wheelchair workshop are grateful for your support of their project because they see the need for young children to have that extra opportunity to have more mobility with dignity.

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• wheelchair workshop