A
48-year-old man, Chen Xinyin from Chongqing, south west China, lost his arms
after getting a massive electric shock aged seven. Chen Xinyin has overcome his
disability to take care of his ageing mother on his own. Since then, he has learnt to cook, farm
and even looks after his bed-ridden mother. The disabled man's amazing strength
of character has been captured in a series of moving photographs that recently
emerged. Since 2014, the disabled man has had to take care of his mother
full-time while running his smallholding. Chen Xinyin's 91-year-old mother has
been getting weaker and weaker each year. About a month ago, she became
paralysed and can no longer move her arms.
Without
the use of his hands, Chen Xinyin has to do everything using other parts of his
body, including spoon-feeding his mother using his teeth to hold on to the
instrument. Since he was 14,
he has been helping on the family smallholding by rearing sheep and buffalo.
When he was 20, his father died. As his older siblings had already left home,
his mother became the only person who kept the poverty-stricken family going.
Chen
Xinyin wanted to help as much as he can, starting with learning to cook. But
with no hands, he had to learn to use a cleaver with his foot. The first time he tried to use the cleaver
with his foot, he managed to lift it into the air using the toes on his right
foot. Unfortunately it fell down on to his left foot, leaving a scar that can
still be seen today. But this didn't stop him. He eventually mastered cooking
with his feet and has learnt to plant wheat, peel corn cobs and even weave
baskets. See more photos below:
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