CBS News reports on PET IA-Leighton 12/27/12CBS News: Retirees’ “PET” project gives lifeline to disabled |
PET MO-Columbia 2012 goal exceeded!January 2: “We have agreed to build 2012 in 2012, and we will do it.” December 27: Goal to date: 2012 Actual production to date: 2119! A hearty CONGRATULATIONS and THANKS to all you volunteers and donors (of If all those 2119 PETs were lined up, bumper to bumper, it would be a Mel West |
Point Hope Ghana donates 105 PET Carts to the Physically Challenged Action Foundation |
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The donation is the second consignment of the 210 PET Carts donated to Point Hope by PET International and shipped to Ghana by the US Navy. The government of Ghana helped by providing exemption from customs duty. The PCAF was formed by an individual, Mr. Barima Antwi Boasiako after becoming physically challenged when he lost his right hand during an accident in 1977. The Foundation houses 150 children and a few adults (30 of them are in school). It has also trained about 200 of them in skills like leather works and sewing and these are independently engaged in economic activity with many of them becoming bread winners for their families. The Foundation also provides medical care, physical therapy orthopedic surgery as well as rehabilitation services for its beneficiaries who come from all over the northern sector of the country and even from outside Ghana’s borders. Their target is to build their own school to cater for some of their children who are not being accepted in the formal school system because of their special cases. |
Madelene’s PETBy Sarah Yates A young girl in El Salavador is cranking about in a well-fitted Personal Energy Transportation (PET) vehicle, thanks to an adventure that began in mid-April with a simple email message from Bryan Eriksson to his grandfather in Brigham City. “Hey Grandpa: How are you doing? I am just writing to let you know I saw a PET while I was down in El Salvador. I have attached a few pictures of it and the girl who received it. I forget the girl’s name, but she had scoliosis and her back was very deformed. She is 15 years old, but is very petite and has the body size of a 7 or 8 year old. They have had the PET for about 5 years, but recently she has not been able to use because it caused her back too much pain. Her father asked me if I knew of any modifications that could be made to make it more comfortable. I couldn’t think of any on the spot, but said that I would ask you.” |