Mexico And U.S. Team Up To Create Low-Cost Wheelchairs
Political tension between the United States and Mexico is making headlines with talk of disrupting longstanding trade deals and constructing a border wall.
And then there's the story of Antonio Garcia.
A mechanic from southern Sonora, he had been limping around on crutches for three years. His right leg was amputated below the knee after a motorcycle accident and buying a prosthetic leg was beyond his financial reach.
But he got the prosthesis just this January from a nonprofit that's and it's working to transform the lives of low-income Mexicans with disabilities. The organization, whose name is an acronym that stands for Arizona/Sonora border, provides affordable prosthetics, specialized wheelchairs and hearing aids.
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