José Manuel Ruiz is a 22-year-old from Jerez who, regardless of affected by a number of disabilities since delivery, because of the assistance of the Anpehi affiliation, this 12 months will be capable to stroll the El Rocío path for the primary time in his life as yet one more pilgrim of his brotherhood, which implies for him to meet a dream.
The younger man suffers from a uncommon syndrome that causes deformities in his ft and cognitive and listening to disabilities, which is why, so far, it has been unattainable for him to observe this path of devotion to the Almonte village. This 12 months his luck has modified because of Joelette, a wheelchair tailored to his wants that the Anpehi affiliation has supplied him.
It is a chair with a single wheel tailored for mountaineering at all times with the assistance of two companions who act as porters. With José Manuel sitting within the center, in entrance shall be Mika Company, a volunteer from the affiliation, and within the again Antonio Pedro Hirch, president of Anpehi, who may even be accompanied by a primary care assistant.
“He requested me why I did not take him to El Rocío and for our half there’s at all times a sure. If he had requested me to go to Teide, I might have taken him too,” says Hirch, who’s already preparing for the laborious street that begins this Wednesday from Jerez de la Frontera at eight within the morning and ends the second they arrive. to the village on Saturday at midday.
Almost 100 kilometers pushing the chair
“There are fourteen hours a day pushing the chair. From Jerez to Sanlúcar there are 30 kilometers of street however, after crossing the river with the barge we enter the Doñana reserve, which implies about 60 extra kilometers strolling alongside the sandy seashore”, Hirch anticipates. Due to the issue and size of the trail, there are already many who’ve labeled them as “loopy” however from the affiliation they proceed to organize for this problem calmly. “We face it by attempting laborious and pushing lots,” says its president, who additionally emphasizes that the target is “to meet José Manuel’s dream and combat for folks with disabilities to attain their objectives.”
For José Manuel it’s a new problem that lies forward and, though he will be the most devoted of all, it’s not the primary because the younger man is a martial artist within the self-discipline of Nihon Tal Jitsu and has carried out a number of actions such because the Camino de Santiago, the ascent to El Torreón, one of many highest peaks within the province of Cádiz, and the highest of Veleta. Even so, as he himself regularly repeats, he “may be very nervous” at this new journey of touring miles to see his Virgin.
A nervousness that can be felt by the three volunteers who will accompany him on this new problem wherein, for the primary time, a girl participates as a porter. “We need to guess on gender equality. We have at all times been boys who pushed the chair and this 12 months the concept is that we’re a lady and a boy”, says the president.
An journey that assumes gender equality and in addition “zero price” for the disabled individual. “We are at all times on the lookout for sponsors to imagine the bills and that folks go at zero price. We don’t desire cash to be an excuse and, moreover, we do all of the challenges with a single protagonist in order that they really feel just like the star of the mission”, says Hirch.
Anpehi is a sports activities membership centered on martial arts and chaired by Antonio Pedro Hirch from Jerez. They apply Nihon Tai Jitsu and tailored Nihon Tai Jitsu, backed by the Spanish Karate Federation and the Higher Sports Council. However, the eagerness for sport led his college students to demand new actions for which they discovered obstacles to participation, equivalent to mountaineering and biking.
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