By Staff Reporter
(picture by Thomo Nkgadima)
news@alexreporter.co.za
The 63-year-old Limpopo man is deaf and handicapped.
Adam Tolo, from the Tshehkwaneng village in Ga-Mogashwa near Burgersfort, suffered from polio a few years ago.
The disease eventually left him permanently disabled.
His immediate need is a wheelchair to regain his mobility and dignity.
His 48-year-old younger sister, Mashianoke Tolo, says his brother always crawls through the house like a snake.
“He is not able to walk or speak; he uses only one hand.
“It is therefore difficult for me to find employment to look after my two children – Surprise (26) and Remeberance (10)
“I find it difficult to manage. He cannot go to the toilet to relieve himself,” said Mashianoke.
She said it hurt and her heart bled when she watched her brother crawl.
“It’s a real sad sight, a painful and traumatic experience in the house.
“I sometimes cry alone at home and ask God why my beloved brother should suffer without anyone trying to help,” Mashianoke said.
The sister’s whole request is in a wheelchair, so she can push her brother to the local clinic for appropriate treatment.
She said that the family survives because of her brother’s social grant for the disabled.
She has pleaded with anyone who is willing to buy food hampers, clothing, a wheelchair or offer employment to her daughter who has completed Grade 12 and herself.
Her other plea is that her brother could be brought to an old-age home, adding it will allow her to look for work.
Genuinely when someone doesn’t know afterward its up to other people
that they will assist, so here it happens.