Defying the limitations of disability

Cornelius Gudo (18) stands tall as he narrates his ordeal on how he was electrocuted by a naked electric cable at the tender age of nine and consequently lost some toes and his left arm, which had to be amputated following the unfortunate incident.

The student at Jairos Jiri at one time thought he would never live to fulfil his dreams again in 2008 when he was forced out of his former school in Sanyati, has since met new opportunity from the time he joined the institution for children living with disabilities.

“I discovered that I was actually good in athletics when I came here, after being told that it was the only place where I could fit and get an education based on some special needs which I had developed,” he said.

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