{"id":39839,"date":"2019-08-10T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-39839\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:28:58","slug":"the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-39839","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-39839\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to donate 600 wheelchairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The training was concluded on Thursday with a pledge to donate 600 wheelchairs within three months.<\/p>\n<p>At the closure of the training, Stephen Hunter, the representative of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said that they are working with relevant institutions to identify beneficiaries of wheelchairs and crutches yet to be donated for free.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with relevant institutions to identify people in need of those wheelchairs and crutches starting with different hospitals from across the country,\u201d he said <\/p>\n<p>Hunter explained that they started training staff to take care of targeted beneficiaries to show them how these wheelchairs function and identifying what kind of support disabled persons need. <\/p>\n<p>Following the training, 17 wheelchairs and 3 crutches were donated to beneficiaries who participated.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries and their families thanked The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Karema Jean Claude from Ngoma district, Eastern Province lost his two legs. He said the donation gave hope for a normal life again because the former wheelchair had been damaged and was always worried that it would collapse. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese kind people have changed my life. I was hit hard being unable to go to the bathroom and visit neighbors. I have now been given a wheelchair matching with my weight giving confidence that it would probably last longer without ravage,\u201d he said<br \/>\nNyiramahirwe Valentine, the spouse Muhayimana Erneste from Kicukiro district who has spent a year without a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would hire a wheelchair every time we wanted to move around. With the new donation, we will no longer have such worries,\u201d she said<\/p>\n<p>Habiyambere Pierre Damien is an old man living in Gikondo, in Kicukiro district; who received new crutches better than irreparable ones he used before.<br \/>\n\u201cI am so happy to receive new crutches that can be repaired if there is any kind of damage, \u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary of the National Council of Persons with Disabilities, Emmanuel Ndayisaba, thanked The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints for taking care of people with disabilities in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked trainees from different hospitals across the country and urged them to make good use of acquired knowledge and make a fair selection of beneficiaries to get promised 600 wheelchairs staring with people with most pressing issues. <\/p>\n<p>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened in Rwanda since 1989. It has run different projects supporting needy Rwandans worth US$ 12 million.  <\/p>\n<p>The wheelchairs donation project started in 2012. Since then, 2,840 wheelchairs of different types 300 crutches were donated. <\/p>\n<p>50 physiotherapists were trained as well as 32 stakeholders involved in the manufacturing of wheelchair and crutches.<\/p>\n<p>This church donates between 6000 and 9000 wheelchairs all over the world every year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31436 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/muhayimana_erneste_yari_amaze_umwaka_n_amezi_ane_atagira_igare-1a209.jpg\" alt=\"Muhayimana Erneste spent a year without a wheelchair.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31437 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nyiramahirwe_valentine_yishimiye_ko_umufasha_we_muhayimana_erneste_yabonye_igare-81a1f.jpg\" alt=\"Nyiramahirwe Valentine, the spouse of Muhayimana Erneste \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31438 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/stephen_hunter_yavuze_ko_bafite_uruganda_rukora_amagare_y_abamugaye_kandi_ko_bazakomezauzakomeza_gufasha_abanyarwanda_bayakeneye_ku_buntu-c6f09.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Hunter explained that they started training staff to take care of targeted beneficiaries to show them how these wheelchairs function\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31439 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/stephen_hunter_na_madamu_we_bavuze_ko_itorero_rizakomeza_gufasha_abafite_ubumuga_kubona_ibiborohereza_kugera_aho_bashaka-6a6a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31440 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umunyamabanga_nshingwabikorwa_wa_ncpd_national_council_forpersons_with_disabilities_emmanuel_ndayisaba_yashimye_iri_torero-70c8d.jpg\" alt=\"Emmanuel Ndayisaba, thanked The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints for taking care of people with disabilities in Rwanda\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31441 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ababana_n_abarwayi_bahawe_amagare_babyishimiye_kuko_kubarwaza_bigiye_kuborohera-d1c8b.jpg\" alt=\"Following the training, 17 wheelchairs and 3 crutches were donated to beneficiaries who participated.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31442 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/habiyambere_yashimye_abamuhaye_imbago_nshya_kuko_yari_afite_izishaje-c337a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31443 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abahuguwe_basabwe_kuzakoresha_neza_ubumenyi_bahawe-b8afd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been conducting three-day training to physiotherapists and manufacturers of wheelchairs and crutches at different hospitals countrywide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2942],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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