Sunday, April 3, 2011

Crippled by surgery - more could put boy back on his feet

Varayame Batini, centre, with, from left,
Andy McCarrison and Gary Key of St Johns Rotary
and documentary maker Sarah Graham Read.
All Varayame Batini has ever wanted to do is walk, but he's never had the chance.
The Fijian was six months old when he had an operation to heal a sore on his lower back. The procedure turned his feet inwards and he has been restricted to a wheelchair ever since.
But a chance meeting with a budding documentary maker and support from Rotary has given him new hope.