Happy Friday everyone! And a very happy 2012 to you all.

If you’re a regular visitor to our blog you’ll know about our exciting plans for a new peer training programme in Tamil Nadu, India (Jen Howitt Browning blogged about this just before Christmas).

Today we’d like to introduce you to Murugen, one of the people Jen met in Tamil Nadu.

Murugen in his Motivation wheelchair in front of his fully accessible home

An accident in 2009 left Murugen with a life-changing T10-12 spinal cord injury. But thanks to rehabilitation and vocational training at Amar Seva Sangam and a Motivation wheelchair, today Murugen is completely independent. He’s made his house fully accessible and he supports his wife and two children by going out to work as a tailor.

Murugen is a great role model for people with disabilities and we’re delighted that he’s keen to get involved in our new project. We’re confident that he’s going to be an excellent peer trainer – and hopefully we’ll be blogging about his progress!