SHS Students Build an Electric Tricycle for the Physically Challenged in Society

• A group of students from Dabokpa Technical Institute in Tamale have created an electric tricycle to improve mobility for persons with disability in Ghana.
• The students displayed the tricycle, which looks like a motorbike, at the recently held National Education Fair.
• They explained that they were driven by a desire to provide ease of movement and comfort for the physically challenged in society

A group of students from the Dabokpa Technical Institute students have designed a custom-built electric tricycle for persons with physical disabilities.

The students numbering three, designed the tricycle to help improve mobility for the physically challenged in society.

The Dabokpa Technical Institute students showcased their groundbreaking tricycles at the National Education Fair held recently.

In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh, SHS students took their time to explain the various components of the tricycle.

The disability-friendly electric tricycle has two comfortable seats, one for the rider and another for a passenger.

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Its ignition and handbrakes are positioned on the steering wheel for easy accessibility.

"We look for problems and we look we for a was of solving them," one of the students said while explaining the features of the electrictricycle.

The electric tricycle could also be used by the abled in society, according to the students.

Reactions to the student's electric tricycle

YEN.com.gh compiled a few reactions of netizens to the electric tricycle after watching the video posted in TikTok by @ghanatvetservice.

@Use Your Head said:

"The government should let it be featured in the news."

@jinel also said:

"If the citizens vote against this government psaa de33 hmmm."

@hazardous commented:

"Government should allow Ghanaian citizen living aboard to invest n building company at Ghana,so that can be great."

@TheOddOne also commented:

"Ghana we have a future and we need a leader that would help build our dreams. Nana Kwame Bediako is the answer. vote #12."

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KNUST students build dialysis machine

In a related story, YEN.com.gh reported that students from the KWAME Nkrumah University of Science and Technology created a dialysis machine.

In a video, the students explained that they developed the machine to address a pressing national health issue.

Ghanaians commended the students for their innovation, which aims to offer kidney patients a fighting chance at life.

Source: YEN.com.gh