A few months ago I was contacted by an organization called
CA Bikes that provides special bikes and wheelchairs for young people in Uganda
who need assistance walking. They had found a boy named Everest who was
paralyzed from the chest down and was suffering from horrible bedsores all over
his legs, so bad that at night the rats would come and chew on his legs. CA
Bikes had taken the boy to the hospital, but didn’t have any way to support his
future. When Faith went to visit Everest in the hospital, his sores were
beginning to heal, but he was still extremely physically weak. Once Everest was
able to travel he was brought to Hope Again Medical Center, where his sores
fully healed.
Because Everest has never been able to walk, he has
developed a love for making handcrafts. He can make beautiful baskets and other
woven crafts. When BHTF learned what a talent Everest has for craftwork, Faith
decided to offer his a job working in the craft shop at Village Art.
It is so exciting to see a young man come from a
horrible, dirty, disease filled situation to a place where he is recovering and
working towards becoming self-sustaining!
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