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Imagine a world without personal mobility. Riqui did when he contracted Polio at a young age. Mayerlinth did when she was hit by a car. Ana Raquel did when her leg was broken in a motorcycle accident.
Howard Collett, LDS Philanthropies
Jose "Riqui" Perez, a young father and polio survivor who lives in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, received a new wheelchair donated by LDS Humanitarian Services.
Through wheelchair donations, prosthetic limbs and surgery, the Church is working to aid mobility-impaired residents of the Dominican Republic.
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