La Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil delivered 26 implements of mobility free-of-charge to improve the quality of life for people with special characteristics, adults, elderly adults and children with different types of pathologies among them diabetes, Alzheimer, blindness, vascular – cerebral accident, hemiplegia, amputations, cerebral paralysis, arthritis and other motor capacity limitations.
One of the beneficiaries was Nelson Barzola who removed his wheelchair in the company of his wife. His mobility was affected 19 years ago when a stray bullet struck his fourth cervical vertebrae and 7 months ago he started looking for some institution that would donate the implement he needed.
“A friend commented that la Junta de Beneficencia could help and I requested that help which arrived today. It is a good deed for people with disabilities and without the economic means to buy a wheelchair”. he commented.
Jose Quispe, another beneficiary, lost the mobility in his legs 9 years ago due to a tumor in his spinal column as a result of a traffic accident. “I have limited means and had no way of renovating the wheelchair which was already old.
This one I am receiving is very different from the one I had, it shapes my spinal column, my legs and keeps me in good shape so as to glassily move around”, he manifested.
This, in donations warehouse boss Hector Ullauri´s opinion, is due to the fact that every mobility implement is delivered previous an evaluation of the beneficiary. “The corresponding measurements are taken so that the implements are in accordance with the user´s physical characteristics, Ullauri points out.
Delivery was performed in the donations warehouse installations with the collaboration of International Organizations: The Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints, Free Wheelchair Mission and Mobility World Wide.
