Kelei Pengcuowangjia sits next to a wall with portrait pictures of the group members at the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 2, 2020.(Xinhua/Zhang Long)
YUSHU, April 12(Xinhua) -- Kelei Pengcuowangjia, 31, is the founder of Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization, a mutual-help group for people suffering from spinal cord injuries.
Kelei, who got his spinal cord injured in a car accident in 2011, knows better about the physical and mental pains than anyone else. Then he conceived the idea to find and help more people who got spinal cord injury among a catastrophic earthquake which killed thousands of people ten years ago at his hometown Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
In 2018, Kelei founded the Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization. Thanks to the organization, people who suffer from spinal cord problems often get together to learn crafts making, bakery or coffee making techniques. More than 30 members are now receiving vocational training provided by the organization.
"We even founded our own basketball team and dancing group," Kelei said, "and I hope to see people with spinal cord injury can embrace their future in a positive way."
Kelei Pengcuowangjia checks out for a customer at the coffee shop of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 2, 2020.(Xinhua/Wu Gang)
People of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization play basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
Kelei Pengcuowangjia serves coffee at the coffee shop of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
Kelei Pengcuowangjia plays basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
A volunteer helps a player of Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization back to his wheelchair during a basketball game in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
People of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization play basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020.(Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
People of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization play basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
People of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization warm up for basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
People of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization play basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Kelei Pengcuowangjia makes coffee at the coffee shop of the mutual-help group Yushu Spinal Cord Injury Organization in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
Kelei Pengcuowangjia plays basketball in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
