Solidarity: Norman welders build wheelchair bikes for disabled children

Short bike ride in Normandy for Roxanne, almost 4 years. For his fatherYves, It is Also a new pleasure: a bicycle adapted to her daughter’s wheelchair. He uses his free time to make some for other children, helped by about twenty friends, all volunteers. Some are welders, some are not. Making these machines requires know-how. Once the wheelchair bike is assembled, the wheels Before must not touch the ground.

In three years, they have already manufactured and donated around thirty armchairs. Similar prices exist on the market, but the minimum price is 3,000 euros. “It’s the small action that makes disability less expensive”explains Yves. Other children should receive their bikes before next Christmas.

Solidarity aid everywhere in France

Solidarity actions exist everywhere in France, such as the Bricoleurs du cœur. “We have them met at Anne’s, in Corrèze. This mother did not have the budget to do any work and in one day they created a room for the proplaughter”says Valerie Hurtel on the set of 13 Hours. “If you have a house that is not always occupied, the association Parenotyou vacationances offers you to lend it one week in the year”. This allows children to go on vacation, explains the journalist.