Wheelchair factory empowers Guatemalans

2012-09-10 5

Many Guatemalans with physical disabilities often spend much of their lives indoors.

Now, one wheelchair factory is changing that by giving free chairs to thousands of people.

The factory also provides jobs for people with disabilities, who until now have remained on the fringes of Guatemalan society.

Al Jazeera's David Mercer reports from the city of Antigua.