More than 20 million people worldwide are effectively immobile. One Mid-Missouri group is working to change that unfortunate reality in Guatemala, but the work they do won’t conquer the culture that crawls.
Broken by Disability
Published December 6, 2010
On Monday, December 6 at 10 p.m., KOMU-TV (Channel 8 in Missouri) aired YouTube Project Report winner Alex Rozier's piece on the disabled in Guatemala. In the story, he breaks down what living with a disability is like in the developing world and how a P.E.T (personal energy transportation device) can change someone's life forever.
At six years old, Jessica weighs just sixteen pounds. She lives--barely--on a diet of tortillas and coffee. It's all her family can afford.
On Saturday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m., KOMU-TV (channel 8 in Missouri) aired a half-hour documentary special on The Culture That Crawls, featuring YouTube Project Report Winner Alex Rozier's latest work...
Grantee, Project Report winner
Alex Rozier was one of five winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Center YouTube Project Report contest. He is the founder of the reporting project, Guatemala: The Culture that Crawls. On the project, he is...
