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Ayuba Gufwan

Title Co-Founder
Organization Wheelchairs for Nigeria

Ayuba Gufwan is a polio survivor, Rotary member, the executive director of the Beautiful Gate Initiative, and co-founder of Wheelchairs for Nigeria.

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‘Nearly’ Does Not Kill the Bird

July 28, 2010 / Ayuba Gufwan

I see the devastating effects of polio every day in the work I do. I work with polio survivors through my organization Wheelchairs for Nigeria, which provides hand-powered wheelchairs to people crippled by polio.

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