His workshop is under the trees in his mum’s yard. Patrick was born paralysed from the waist down. His mum couldn’t afford to buy him a wheelchair. Patrick told Daily Sun: “She worked on a farm in Mookgopong as a domestic worker.
“She went through a lot of difficulty raising my younger sister and I.”
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In 2002, Patrick dropped out of school because his wheelchair couldn’t go on gravel roads. He then started making window frames last year.
“I went to hardware stores in town and researched the different metals,” said Patrick.
“I didn’t have any tools but two good Samaritans in the village lent me a grinder and a welding machine.
“In the beginning, it was difficult to use the machines. I would often fall over.”
Patrick soon attracted a lot of customers and they started asking him to make burglar bars and gates.
“With the money I made, I was able to buy myself a portable light welding machine and a grinder,” he said.
Patrick succeeded because he was never ashamed of being disabled. He wants to pass on his skills to the youth.
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