Feb 25, 2021 | Hope-for-the-Handicapped
Martha Espinoza fell off a moving train when she was seven years old. As this Nicaraguan girl lay helplessly on the tracks, the train ran over her, dismembering all four of her limbs. After our staff delivered a new wheelchair to forty-two-year-old Martha, she shared,...
Aug 4, 2020 | Middle East Ministries
Handicapped. Disabled. For thousands around the world, these diagnoses bring humiliation, rejection, and poverty. Many people who suffer from blindness, cerebral palsy, or other disabilities are abandoned by family and shunned by society. They are often left to fend...
Nov 21, 2019 | Hope-for-the-Handicapped
A smile slowly spread over Milagro’s face as he sat in his new wheelchair. Then he started making truck noises. This new gift was an obvious treasure to Milagro, a six-year-old boy from Nicaragua who has Down Syndrome. Milagro’s parents use a wheelchair to take him to...
Aug 24, 2018 | Hope-for-the-Handicapped
Farid* was born with cerebral palsy that made him unable to walk or talk. Doctors and therapists said he would never improve. Our staff in the Middle East taught Farid’s mother how to do physical therapy with her son. Now he has started to crawl and sit by himself! He...
