Angel Santoya is a primary school student of Chunox Village in the
Corozal District but unlike his classmates he has not been able to get around
much less take part in all activities that is because young angel has a condition
called spina bifida which has confined him to a wheelchair. Despite his disability
he has been attending regular classes but it has been a great challenge because
getting into his classroom and around the school building has been difficult.
Today however thanks to the kind contribution of CARE Belize young
Angel feels more comfortable going to school that is because CARE Belize through
its community based rehabilitation programme has constructed a ramp in the school
to help students like angel Santoya. Butt that is not all that this special
student received he was also accommodated with an indoor wheelchair that will
make learning more comfortable for him.
Last Friday a CARE delegation led by the wives of the Prime Minister
and deputy Prime Minister including a cluster bomb of philanthropic glitterati
such as representatives of Special Olympics Belize, Lifeline Foundation, International
Hospital for Children, the British High Commission and the National Resource
Centre for Inclusive Education made a special visit to the Chunox Seventh Day
Adventist Primary School. We don't know how all those folks crammed into
the classroom but his principal told us first hand how the donation has helped
to improve young Angel Antoya's time at school.
Principal Montalvo, Chunox,
"Just this morning I saw him, they were trying to play hide and seek
and with his wheelchair where he can go is the area where they are going to
play and he run and he is trying to catch them with the wheelchair and they
are running and he is behind. So it is including him in all the activities that
he could with the other students. And that makes him really happy to be included."
According to CARE Belize their strategy through the CBR model is to
empower disabled persons so they can take control of their own lives.
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