his mother grace brought him to the kikuyu eye clinic (a nearby hospital supported by christian blind mission international (cbmi), recognised as one of the best centers for the visually impaired in east africa. petra verweyen, the chief of the low vision project of the clinic, helped him to find his way back into life and arranged for him to learn to knit pullovers. with gratitude for the help he received at the project he promised himself he would help other blind people and teach them to become self-sufficient, as he had done. after winning his first gold medal in sydney, australia in 2000 at the paralympic games, he has bought knitting machines through prize money and charitable donations from such international personalities as arnold schwarzenegger. he now employs other blind kenyans and teaches them how to knit pullovers.