Rehabilitation center for 60 disabled in Poland

This time we are presenting you the story of a unique woman - Paulina. Please click also this link to watch special "thank-you note" from Paulina.

Paulina came to the PAY IT FORWARD Foundation just a few months after her accident. In our Foundation, she learns how to live a completely new life... in a wheelchair. She loves glitter, which gives her self-confidence. Paulina does what she wants and looks how she wants, but always in a way that makes her feel good! Paulina believes in Helen Keller's principle: "You can do anything you want if you stick with it long enough."

"Where am I now? I'm in a place that a few years ago I would have considered unreal. I'm getting to know my strength, stubbornness and endurance. I'm discovering how determined a woman I am and what I can achieve, despite a body that has partially refused to obey me. My psyche is growing in direct proportion to the healing process of my damaged bones.

How did I get to this point? What led me to this goal was a task-oriented approach and perseverance which I would never have thought of before. When I may, I cry, when I have the strength, I fight. I balance emotions and wild pursuit of my goals.

What do I draw strength from? I am proud that I can distance myself from every situation, I draw strength from joking, and self-confidence motivates me to take further action. I have never felt so at peace with myself, never loved myself so much before. I give myself everything I need, and my wild nature and desire to develop push me forward every day. I have awakened the warrioress within me and I cherish it with all my heart.

Paulina is spreading her wings and slowly clarifying her plans for the future. At the rehabilitation center she learned, among other things: how to transfer herself from a wheelchair to a bed, overcome obstacles in the field and "climb" stairs in a wheelchair. During everyday rehabilitation, she does her best because she wants to be an independent living instructor and help people who suffered from accidents to find their way in a new, difficult reality. All this is possible thanks to you!