Babatunde Lawal lost his ability to walk after getting shot in a bus robbery, which has since rendered him cripple. Unable to afford his surgery, he still struggles to survive by turning his shoe making abilities into money.
BattaBox presenter Adeola visits Babatunde Lawal at his house which he’s turned into a workshop where he makes his shoes. He talks about his accident and how he’s struggling to survive as a handicapped person in Lagos.
“They beat me, shot me, robbed me and dropped me by the roadside,” says Babatunde as he recounts his ordeal.
Adeola also spoke to his mother, who had some really good things to say about him and attitude towards work.
“He’s not a lazy boy, he’s very hardworking,” says his Mother
Although Babatunde is soliciting for help from good Samaritans so he can go for his operation, but he also hops to own his own business in the future.
“My aim is to own my own business, but i can’t raise money for it,” says Babatunde
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you have said we should support him, but u didnt state how. can you leave
an account number or something.
First, this guy needs help to get his surgery done. Secondly, he needs
funds/grant to support his business. There is potential in every disabled
person all we need is the right support, technology/device and enabling
environment to thrive. If all this is in place, I am sure that we all will
live a normal independent life.
As a person living with disability myself I understand first hand what this
guy is going through.
Please our government and organizations need to set policies and laws that
protects the vulnerable in our society.
hey battabox is there a website for him for raising funds? I’d definitely
like to contribute.
okay
how about creating a page maybe on the battabox website where we can donate
and battabox can take the whole funds to him. In my opinion, it would be
better than calling him directly. just to avoid getting in trouble… You
know the reputation about we Nigerians. don’t wanna be too specific if you
know what I mean.
Omg beautiful work
how can we help.. is there a website like fundme or something else.. your
videos always leaves the viewers guessing or wondering….more effective
videos please…
God bless him! I would definitely like to help…. How can I place an
American order? Can you put me in contact with Babatundi? Thank you
Thank God for sparing his life…He is truly an inspiration and I’d like to
purchase a few pairs of shoes from him…Any idea how much the shipping
cost would be from Nigeria to America? And typically how long would it take
for the shoes to arrive? This was such a heartfelt video, Battabox great
job…I know that u all are not in America, but here we do NOT refer to
disabled people as “handicapped”… Due to legislature and laws from the
A.D.A( American Disability Act) if a person is in a wheelchair or needs an
aid( cane, crutches, braces on the legs) we say that they are MOBILITY
IMPAIRED… If it’s something related to sight we say VISUALLY IMPAIRED, if
it’s related to the hearing we say HEARING IMPAIRED, if it’s mental we say
MENTALLY IMPAIRED and speech would be SPEECH IMPAIRED…This shows more
respect and dignity to the person with the impairment… Hope this helps…
whoever disliked this has no heart smh ?