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Yohannes Tekola

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Yohannes Tekola is a 30 year old man who lives with his parents and four siblings. He has had mental and physical disabilities for over 28 years. He started getting sick sometime after he turned 1 years old but he was diagnosed with Meningitis after the disease had already done its damage on the development of his brain and limbs. He has limited speech and coherence and is unable to walk. Instead, he crawls on his knees everywhere. This worsened the damage already done by the disease and caused he knees to deform and become flat. There is also no accessible bathroom for someone with his condition. 

 
 
 
 
 

We decided the best way to help him and his family was to give Yohannes a wheelchair and a commode. Yohannes loves meeting new people and is always excited whenever we came over. His excitement doubled the day we gave him his equipment. He especially enjoys using the wheelchair and the commode ameliorated the bathroom situation.