Prospere lives near the Baptist Seminary in Haut, Haiti. As a child he had polio, which left his legs useless. He managed to move about by dragging himself along the ground with his arms and hands. When he wanted to go to church his friends would help him into a wheelbarrow and trundle him there. Visiting people from the USA became interested in him and arranged for a wheelchair to be sent to him.
But a wheelchair, with its narrow tires, was never intended to be used on the rocky, uneven ground in his neighborhood, and wore out.  Over the years, Prospere had a series of such chairs.
Meantime, he became a radiant Christian, and with the use of a manual stitcher he learned the trade of a cobbler. He repairs all kinds of shoes, sandals, and other leather or rubber goods. He has many friends in his rural neighborhood.
Then friends heard of the PET and requested one for him. Everyone was excited when Prospere's PET arrived. He quickly mastered the technique of using it, and now travels wherever he wants to go. He can even go into the town of Limbe (4 miles away) along the main road, to the big market to buy groceries, and carry them home in the back of the PET. To say that he is thrilled with it is an understatement.
- Report by Larry Hills