This section is all about the young people we have had contact with through our wheelchair donation and education support activities.
Annop (7) from Nong Bualamphu (Jun 2008)
When Annop was 11 month old, the disorder that muscle began to decline gradually was found. As wish of mother of Annop, the school accepted him as others so that he could start his school life from the preschool.
Em-on (14) from Nong Bualamphu (May 2007)
Em-Orn is a 14 year-old girl who lives in Nong Bualamphu province, the northeast Thailand. When we first met her, she did not smile to us. She had never attended school in her life before she received our scholarship and a child tricycle. In 2005, she started her new life with our support. Since then, she has enjoyed studying at school, where a barrier-free toilet was built in August 2006. Now she talks with her friends with a lot of smiles.
Tanyanan (18) of Nakhon Ratchasima (June 2006)
It was in 2001 that we at WAFCA encountered Tanyanan (known as Mai to her friends) from Northeast Thailand. She had already had a big appetite for learning at the time we met her, and she continued to attend school after she received her wheelchair donation. And on May 2006, with mutual support from her mother, she realized her dream of pursuing higher education.
Jantarak (10) from Roi Et Province (May 2005)
Jantarak’s nickname is Tar, and we first met him in June 2003. He received a donated wheelchair as part of our education support program in North East Thailand and was able to start attending school. Tar has been paralyzed since birth as a result of brain damage. His whole body would become rigid and be unable to sit without help. Two years ago, he found it difficult to sit for even just two or three seconds.
Sriya Somshirah (21) from Nong Bua Lamphu Province (April 2005)
Sirya was born in Si Bun Rueang in Nong Bua Lamphu Province. This is one of the areas in which WAFCA gives out donated wheelchairs and scholarships as part of its educational support program. This is also the region in which the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) has been carrying out its CBR rehabilitation program for more than twenty years. Sriya and his uncle Pupai are both pioneers and symbols of this program.
Pradit (11) from Si Sa Ket Province (October 2004)
Pradit’s nickname “Arm” comes directly from the English word “arm”. Both his 9 year-old sister Eim, and his 5 year-old brother Koh were also born physically disabled. Arm’s mother took him to a famous hospital in Bangkok immediately after he was born, where he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. He was given just seven years to live.
Sriya (10) from Udon Thani Province (December 2003)
Sriya, from Udon Thani Province is now 10. He received his wheelchair from WAFCAT in March 2001 when he was 7. The story of how he became disabled is a shocking one: He was shot by his father with a pistol. His mentally unstable father had decided that the whole family would commit suicide, and shot Sriya’s mother dead right in front of him. He then shot Sriya in the back as he tried to run away. Seeing his son lying there on the ground he turned the gun on himself.
