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Story Publication logo November 28, 2010

Guatemala: Building Wheelchairs in Wheelchairs

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Image by Alex Rozier, Guatemala, 2010.
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More than 20 million people worldwide are effectively immobile. One Mid-Missouri group is working to...

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Isaias Vasquez, who has struggled with polio his whole life, works in the Hope Haven wheelchair factory. Image by Alex Rozier, Guatemala, 2010.
Isaias Vasquez, who has struggled with polio his whole life, works in the Hope Haven wheelchair factory. Image by Alex Rozier, Guatemala, 2010.



On Monday, Nov. 29, KOMU-TV aired YouTube Project Report winner Alex Rozier's story on a wheelchair factory in Guatemala where all the employees building the chairs are in wheelchairs themselves. He explores how the factory has helped disabled individuals, who are now making the most of their newfound mobility.

The piece aired on KOMU-TV , local channel 8, which broadcasts in Columbia and Jefferson City, Missouri.

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