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You are here: Home Correspondents Bob Howell's reports A Mexican family gets a burro and a wheelchair [photo essay]
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2 February 2003 ?

A Mexican family gets a burro and a wheelchair

The wheel chair arrives
The wheel chair arrives
The wheel chair arrives safely.

She sees her new wheel chair
She sees her new wheel chair
The mother is happy when she sees the wheel chair.

The family  that brought the wheelchair
The family  that brought the wheelchair
The Murrays brought the chair in by airline from the U.S.

The mother, her father and nurse Vicky chat
The mother, her father and nurse Vicky chat
When this lady was a young, over 20 years ago, she was one of Vicky's first patients

This is the Mexican family home.

The home
This is the Mexican family home. No electric and no water, but it is home.
An extra bedroom
An extra bedroom
Where part of the family lives

The latest addition to the family
The latest addition to the family
With this little one, four generations now live in two rooms

Bob, Peluda and Vicky
Bob, Peluda and Vicky
Peluda works very hard bringing water to her new family. She always greets her visitors with a hee haw, hee haw, and accepts goodies when offered.

Vicky and Peluda become friends
Friends
Vicky and Peluda become friends.

 

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