Daring hustler: Physically impaired girl in crutches sells pure water on street

Daring hustler: Physically impaired girl in crutches sells pure water on street

- A young girl in crutches has been spotted selling sachet water on the street

- The physically impaired girl was pictured in multiple photos as she went about selling her bagged water

- The motivating snaps have gathered thoughtful remarks online

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A female amputee using crutches to aid her mobility has been spotted selling sachet water on the street despite the risk it posed to her safety.

Though physically impaired, the young girl whose identity including her name and age are not known has affirmed the narrative that disability is not an inability.

Goosebumps-raising photos of the business-minded girl who appears to be between ten and sixteen years (16) have been shared online.

Daring hustler: Physically impaired girl in crutches sells pure water on street
Daring hustler: Physically impaired girl in crutches sells pure water on the street. Image: crabbimedia
Source: Instagram

The snaps show the young girl carrying a plastic bowl with chilled sachet and bottled water as she walked on the street to sell.

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The inspiring photos sighted by YEN.com.gh has gained attention and has been reposted by several online platforms.

As expected, the pictures have helped to deflate misconceptions about persons living with disabilities, gathering thoughtful remarks on social media as well.

Responding to the photos, KyeiAdu Baffour wrote, ''May the good Lord visit you at the point of all your needs Amen.''

Daniel McVee writes, ''People like these always inspire me. Disability does not mean inability. You rock girl. More power to you!''

Meanwhile, other commenters offered to give her money to help mitigate her struggle.

Yeboah Solomon writes, ''God u give money please bless her from poor to richest amen.''

''I will like to help her with a little money,'' Isaac Debra said.

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported Ghanaian military officer, General Henry Kwami Anyidoho has been celebrated as Rwandans on April 7 marked the 26th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group.

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During the grisly 1994 genocide in Rwanda, General Anyidoho led a Ghanaian contingent deployed to serve in the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) under Canadian General Roméo Dallaire.

The escalation of the genocide in the East African nation called for the peacekeeping troops to be evacuated from the country.

In other news, Ghanaian journalist and editor, Danielle Kwateng, has been named as the executive editor for Teen Vogue.

She was appointed after the embattled magazine parted ways with its former editor Alexi McCammond after staff complained about the racist tweets she posted in 2011.

Danielle Kwateng who is also an entrepreneur and cultural critic introduced herself as the new executive editor of Teen Vogue in a post on the company’s website on Wednesday.

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.