We have an exciting story to share with you of one of our youth beneficiaries, as a part of our Differently-abled Empowerment Programmes. 

Lordson is one of our most cherished youth beneficiaries from Chennai. He is a 24-year-old young man who lost both his hands last year due to an unfortunate electrocution accident. Lordson’s father works as a mason, and is an alcoholic. His mother passed away in his childhood. Lordson has completed his Hotel Management Degree, and was working with the Lemon Tree chain of hotels, but lost his job during Covid. During the pandemic, he started working as a daily wage painter at a restaurant. On 14th April 2021, while he and his friend were working there, both got electrocuted accidentally. His friend died on the spot but Lordson miraculously survived. The doctors said that since both his hands were severely damaged, they had to amputate them. He was admitted in the hospital for three and a half months after the accident. Lordson lost both his hands and a few toes in this unfortunate incident. He has very little familial support from anyone except his cousin brother, who is taking care of his everyday needs. This accident altered the path of his life to being completely dependent on others for support. 

Deeply moved by his story, we decided to assist him in getting prosthetic hands. In April, CHF made all arrangements for Lordson and his brother to travel to Hyderabad to get two prosthetic hands fitted for him. Lordson is currently feeling quite empowered while wearing his prosthetic hands. He says that now the people he meets are quite oblivious to his prosthetics; they don’t even notice that he is a double amputee. He always says that he too should have died in the accident, along with his friend, but surely his life has a greater purpose now. He says that a year ago he had a lot of doubts, questions, and worries, but now everything seems alright. He wants to use the gift of life that God has given him to be an instrument of hope and inspiration to others. Lordson is a brilliant young man who dreams to achieve great things. He aspires to be an ambassador of change for society, and he intends to do it to the best of his abilities. We are doing everything we can to assist him in achieving his goals.

Thank you for standing with us.