A 21-year-old disabled , Ms. Grace Adwoa Barnes has started a self-help project of braiding hair and selling locally made soft drinks to enable her raise an amount of about Ghc20,000 needed for her surgery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to enable her walk again.
She became disabled when a four-wheel drive vehicle accidentally reversed and hit her legs three years ago.
Narrating her ordeal to The Spectator, Ms. Barnes said she had gone to the Destiny Park at Christian Village in the Ashaiman Municipality one evening to enjoy some fresh air but might have dosed off in the process.
“I felt some weight on my legs and later found out that a vehicle had reversed and hit my legs” she explained.
The 21-year-old said the driver of the vehicle had previously helped her but was currently unable to help with her hospital bills because he claimed he had run out of cash to do so after supporting her to undergo plastic surgery and other body treatment.
“I am trying to help myself while I await help from God and anyone who wants to help me so that I can walk again. Please I want to walk again.” she said.
Ms Barnes said though she lived with her parents, they were not in good financial position to raise the funds for her surgery because her mother sold fruits and her father a carpenter.
Pictures of Grace Adwoa Barnes braiding a clients hair.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ashaiman.