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Amazon Elder with Polio Receives New RoughRider Wheelchair

February 2, 2018

Whirlwind Wheelchair RoughRider Safety in Stability and Fit

We’re excited that Nenekawa Toca, an elder from the Indigenous Nationality Waorani, that lives in the Amazonian region of Ecuador has received his new RoughRider wheelchair! He contracted polio in his early 20’s at when he first came in contact with western society, in the late 1950’s. He expresses how grateful he to have the chair, and is very happy that life will be easier knowing he will able to be to combat the complications of a place like the Amazon (high levels of humidity, rain and mud) for his day to day living. #roughrider #allterrainwheelchair #togetherchangehappens #mobility

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: RoughRider, RoughRider Distribution

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