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From YouTube: e-NABLEcon 2019 - Melvin Cruz - e-NABLE Guala
Description
In this video, Melvin Cruz, Founder, e-NABLE Guala (Honduras) and
Lead Program Developer, Rochester e-NABLE Lab, gives an overview of the work being done by e-NABLE Guala.
More information and discussion about EnableCon 2019 here: https://hub.e-nable.org/s/e-nablecon-2019/
More information about e-NABLE here: https://enablingthefuture.org
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So
it's
been
quite
a
journey
from
there,
so
I
think
to
go
through
the
whole
presentation
gives
making
short
I'd
like
to
to
be
able
to
say
that
well
is
really
like
a
collection
of
a
lot
of
time,
effort
and
patience
that
many
other
chapters
from
enable
have
put
on
us.
So
we
are
a
huge
blend
of
designs
between
the
people
from
both
part
of
my
designs
from
Christian
and
designs
that
goes
to
the
limpid,
to
the
Raptors
time.
A
That
John
has
put
on
the
last
time
that
even
yeah,
that's
what
everyone
has
put
a
little
bit
of
time
effort
and
you
know
the
best
that
they
got
on
voila
and
we
try
to
always
portrayed
that
and
be
thankful
for
it
always
share
with
other
people
as
well.
So
our
goals
are,
you
know,
3d
aligns
with
what
enabled
us
we
want
to
fabricate
and
developer
static
devices,
and
we
try
to
find
the
funds
to
be
able
to
give
them
for
free
to
people
right.
We
are
right.
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A
So,
a
couple
more
pictures,
Bamiyan,
that's
one
of
Kristen's
design.
Actually
that
design
was
born
last
year.
The
first
time
I
met
Christian
we
were
just
I,
was
like
frustrated
telling
him
do
that.
I
didn't
wanted
to
do
this
design
for
this
kid
for
a
while,
and
he
was
like.
Oh
they
caught
your
computer,
we're
gonna
make
it.
We.
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A
After
a
month
or
so,
I
went
back
to
Honduras
and
we
were
able
to
give
this
first
actual
prosthetic
for
a
kid
right,
because
that's
been
one
of
our
biggest
concerns,
we've
been
really
careful
when
dealing
with
kids.
Most
of
our
first
deliveries
were
just
for
grown-ups
because
we
were
really
careful
to
you
know,
learn
about
all
the
experiences
that
has
been
having
with
kids,
not
just
on
the
technical
part,
but
also
on
the
follow-up,
also
on
the
I
think
social
and
psychological
aspects
of
developing
this
prosthetics.
So
it's
still
a
learning
process.
A
We're
steered
they've
working
with
with
fog
and
you're
gonna
save
a
couple
more
pictures
of
Hammond
and
others
lights
yeah
as
I
was
telling
you
it's
a
really
a
collection
of
experiences
of
all
the
community.
Those
are
some
of
our
other
prosthetics
for
grown-ups,
as
you
may
see
that
cool
design
from
Jack
other
huge
player.
What
we
do
I
was
able
to
you
know
when
he
just
came
out
with
that
design.
Think
back
to
two
years
ago.
A
Tell
him,
first
of
all,
that's
an
amazing
design,
but
also
work
with
him
on
a
couple
of
developments
like
the
early
developments
that
he
did
for
like
be
able
to
grab
backs
right
without
having
to
you
know,
keep
this
position,
but
rather
just
have
another
type
of
lock
mechanism
that
then
you
can
like
fully
relax
and
keep
grabbing
stuff.
So
you
know
doesn't
that
what
was
that
was
one
of
the
results
and
just
quoting
one,
which
was
the
user
of
this
prosthetic.
A
Reason
you
will
be
using
it
if
he
had
a
choice.
That's
Christian
another
of
her
early
users,
what
his
prosthetic
it's,
the
early
flex,
Ian
that
Christian
without
flexing
arm.
That
Kristen
was
mentioning
and
he's
an
interpreter.
So
he
has
his
own
shop
of
shoe
shop
right
and
his
prosthetic
is
really
useful
for
him
to
be
able
to
react.
Ama
date,
his
shoes
all
around
his
shop.
So
oh,
and
also
that's
a
big
one,
to
give
hi-5
to
his
friend
that.
A
To
be
able
to
go
so
he
became
a
drizzle
of
his
own
personal,
that's
Christine!
Oh,
this
is
the
coolness.
Is
there
a
more
recent
one?
That's
Fabien
again
with
a
second
version
of
her
design.
This
time
he
was
trained
on
Lebanon
and
we
made
a
couple
of
months
to
it
because,
interestingly
enough,
they
both
connected
that
they
wanted
to
play
the
drums.
So
we
ended
up
making
an
event
for
both
of
them
and
they
both
receive
a
customized
prosthetic
device.
One
of
hold
one
of
the
minions
and
they.
A
A
system
device
for
them
to
be
able
to
grab
the
drumsticks
and
plate
their
arms
together.
So
by
this
we
also
started
creating
the
concept
of
the
users
having
their
own
community,
all
right.
So
now
this
because
kids
are
connected
and
more
than
the
kids,
their
parents
as
well.
We
found
that
their
stories
were
not
that
far
apart
and
for
dad
that
was
back
in
April,
oh
honey,
just
the
audience
my
girlfriend.
A
She
also
became
part
of
the
team
by
them
and
he
added
a
lot
of
you
know
the
social
aspect
of
what
we
did
seen
her
stories.
Analyzing.
You
know
what
patterns
are
we
seen
of
the
people
that
we
are
given
dis,
prosthetics
and
the
follow
ups
that
we
can
do
with
them,
creating
a
community
empowering
them?
You
have
not
just
the
users,
but
also
the
families
of
these
users.
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A
A
Where
are
our
users,
not
just
for
the
sake
of
bragging
about
all
the
people
that
we
have
given
devices,
but
also
for
the
purpose
of
identifying
exactly
where
new
potential
users
can
go
and
woman
and
see
by
themselves,
users
that
are
have
a
ready
place
of
in
by
hand
and
second
see
hey
if
this
works
for
this
guy.
That
might
work
for
me
as
well.
A
So,
let's
see
so
I
want
to
briefly
talk
about
sustainability
on
what
we
do.
As
I
was
saying,
we've
been
doing
this
now,
I
think
for
you
for
four
years,
and
we
still
find
ourselves
right
now,
looking
on
how
to
keep
doing
what
we
do
in
a
way
that
we
can
involve
volunteers
full-time,
because
we
found
that
there
is
a
lot
of
venues
and
opportunities
to
be
able
to
sustain
what
we
do.
But
we
have
to
keep
at
least
one
person
to
be
full-time
with
what
we're
doing
to
be
able
to.
A
You
know
apply
for
funds
to
be
able
to
manage
the
resources
that
we
have
is
already
and,
more
importantly,
not
just
we're
looking
for
more
funds,
but
actually
be
able
to
manage
what
we
already
have,
for
example,
the
users
right.
We
should
be
able
to
keep
up
with
them
to
be
able
to
track
all
the
devices
that
they
have
the
ones
that
they
need
get
their
feedback
and
take
it
for
like
best
purposes
that
we
can
give
them
so
for
improvement
devices,
for
you
know
just
social
feedback
on
your
programs
on.
A
In
other
words,
what
we
want
to
look
it's
a
way
to
sustain
what
we
do
through
outsourcing
this
service
to
hospitals
and
also
just
to
independent
people
which
might
have
the
resources
to
buy
one
of
them
right
so,
and
so
it's
a
pretty
simple
process.
We
use
the
same
tools
that
we
already
are
using
with
wala
right.
Those
are
the
machine.
Is
the
scanners
and
everything
and
we're
just
giving
them
a
little
bit
more
of
a
commercial
process,
but
for
sustainability
reasons
right,
so
we
can.
A
I
can
show
you
so
yeah
I
think
you
taught
me
to
say
it.
That's
right,
but
in
other
words,
what
we
find
out
is
that
we
want
to
keep
the
court
baalism
of
what
we
started,
but
we
also
want
to
give
get
the
best
out
of
the
resources
that
that
what
we've
mounted
to
the
development
of
the
prosthetics
is
given
us
right,
which
is
the.
A
The
infrastructure,
the
personnel,
the
volunteers
right
and
make
sure
that,
on
by
adding
this
solution,
we're
not
losing
our
focus
on
what
we
do
with
the
prosthetics,
but
rather
help
both
focuses,
align
us
to
keep
doing
what
we
do
right.
So
I
just
want
to
mention
as
well
that
part
of
why
Walla
we
read
this
collection
of
you
know,
trying
out
and
modify
the
existent
devices
that
the
community
have
is
dead.
Our
focus
is
not
just
you.
A
A
little
bit
more
toward
the
social
part,
so
for
that
voilá
also
relies
a
lot
of
the
programs
that
we
do
for
people.
So
we
really
try
to
focus
and
not
just
giving
out
the
devices,
but
also
on
how
do
we
incorporate
social
programs
that
attack
real
heavy
social
issues
right
now
in
our
country,
for
example,
immigration
right
right
now,
like
last
year,
we
develop
a
program
in
which
we
worked
with
people
that
were
trying
to
both
try
to
immigrate
into
the
u.s.
and
by
two
they
failed.
They
fell
off
a
train
Mexico.
A
They
lost
something
right,
for
example,
so
believe
it
or
not.
There's
a
huge
community
of
these
type
of
persons
right,
not
just
with
operative
computations
but
anytime,
any
sort
of
event
right.
So
we
try
to
get
part
of
this
perp
of
these
people
and
we
made
a
program
with
them
in
which
they
learned
how
to
make
their
own
devices.
But
we
also
true
that
program
incorporated
them
back
to
the
working
society,
because
we
empower
them
psychologically,
but
also
we
gave
them
tools
like
capital
funds,
good.
A
Sorry
to
be
able
to
start
their
their
own
nam,
I
call
it
an
enterpreneur
ships
right,
so
that's
one
of
them,
then
we
were
working
with
that
type
of
programs
in
which
we
incorporate
the
kids
to
play
music,
etc,
etc.
Right
so
that's
like
as
brief
as
I
can
explain.
Ramallah
I
just
believe
that
it
was
a
good
opportunity
to
share
with
God
with
you
guys
that
here
we
are
we're
really
open
to
work
with
the
community
right
now.
B
A
The
prosthetics
that
are
made
on
men
and
badges,
for
example,
the
prosthetics
that
come
out
of
thy
neighbor
and
the
hand
advance,
for
example,
right
what
to
do
with
those
prosthetics
and
not
just
push
it
to
a
weight
that
we
have
to
fit
them
all
on
people.
But
rather
how
can
we
get
the?
How
can
we
give
them
the
best
use
possible-
not
maybe
not
just
for
given
them
out
to
a
specific
user,
but
also
for
using
them
for
educational
purposes,
for
example
in
communities
that
don't
have
access
to
a
3d
printer
right
and
the.
A
A
But
yeah
we
I,
don't
know
we
this.
This
presentation
was
for
a
funding
word
that
we're
actually
trying
to
get
from
the
inter-american
Bank
of
development.
So
that's
why
it
has
this
like
educational
background
to
it
right,
but
it
also
shows
that
we
have
wait
a
lot
of
different
backgrounds
right
that
we
try
to
get
a
little
bit
of
all
of
them.
Yes,.
B
A
A
B
B
A
B
At
the
people,
we've
got
look
at
what
we've
done
if
you
want
to
continue
boasting
about
our
work,
it's
time
to
step
up
to
the
plate
and
that
strategy
of
documenting
what
your
chapter
has
done
and
then
saying.
If
you
want
this,
to
continue,
maybe
a
good
strategy
towards
reaching
out
to
donors
who
are
not
just
interested
in
funding
something
with
promise
but
interested
in
sustaining
something
where
sustaining
exciting.
A
A
Just
the
Clipper
hand-done
workshop
just
two
minutes,
so
just
a
little
bit
of
John
was
saying
you
know
Elena,
which
is
actually
right
now
the
CEO
of
well
I
stepped
out
from
that
position.
Like
a
year
ago,
we
found
ourselves
like
a
little
bit
less
than
a
month
ago,
like
frustrated,
because
we
couldn't
like
hey
how
we're
gonna
do
it
is.
How
can
we
get
more
funding?
How
can
we
keep
doing
this
and
I
say?
A
Wait
just
late
wait
a
moment
instead
of
like
just
focusing
on
how
we
get
more
funding
to
do
what
we
do.
Let's
just
sit
down
for
a
minute
and
see:
oh
we've
done
so
far
right
that
way,
it's
easier
to
like
quantify,
hey
we've
done
this
much
work
with
this
people.
We've
done,
there's
much
project,
etc,
etc,
and
then
I
think
it
doesn't.
A
But
again
my
name
is
Melvin
and
right
now,
I
work
with
Johnathan
skip
at
Rochester,
I'm
finishing
my
undergrad
and
RIT
Rochester
Institute
of
Technology,
but
I
still
collaborate
from
here
with
voila,
but
also
with
many
other
chapters
around
the
world.
So
it's
a
great
great,
great
great
privilege
to
be
part
of
this
community
and
to
meet
you
all
here.
I
was
mentioning
a
little
bit
earlier.
That
I
feel,
like
all
the
adventures,
are
reunited
Maria's
kid
John
Jan,
all
the
people
who
are
the
founders
of
this
stuff
Christianity.
B
A
As
well,
so
it's
it's
pretty
cool
to
see
that
people
that,
for
me
about
three
years
ago,
were
those
guys
that
I
saw
Justin
Facebook
doing
all
this
cool
stuff
is
now
the
people
that
I
can
call
friends
that
are
here
here
with
me
today.
Sharing.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
part
of
this
community
as
well.