Colombia 2024 - Mr. Armando Receives a New Cane
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Mr. Armando receives a cane from the You Cane Give Initiative. In this video, he is being interviewed about receiving his cane, and how the gifting of the canes has changed both his and his peers' lives. This dialogue has been translated from Spanish to English below.
Armando: "Good afternoon, to all the ones watching this video. I want to tell you, that thanks to the organization You Cane Give, the cane you gave me, the cane that you - that you sent to me and to other colleagues… has been really useful to us."
Interviewer: "Alright. How was it before getting a cane? How was your life before getting a cane; Mr. Armando?
Mr. Armando: "Well, life, before getting a cane - a bit hard because one has to be bumping into things, and - well, following along the walls. While with the cane, one goes - goes walking around - with less difficulty."
Interviewer: "How was… how… Ah, sorry. How does it empower you to have a cane?"
Mr. Armando: "Well, really the empowerment of the cane, is that it is very manual… and one can move - to any place, without any difficulty as I told you before. So one, one progressively makes - progressively makes - circumstances easier."
Interviewer: "Okay, Mr. Armando. How did you use to move before having a cane?"
Mr. Armando: "I used to walk with difficulty. Because one - the cane (which I have in my possession) is a cane that is very manual - and it is a light cane, that thanks to the - You Cane - Cane Give organization… um - I thank them - for having donated this cane to us, which makes it very - easy for one to move around, and to do all the activities - that one has in mind. Thank you so much."