Three years after she lost her right arm in a brutal attack that also claimed the lives of her two children, Nazalena Natasha Houston recently returned to Guyana from the US with her new prosthetic limb. This, she said, has not only given her a new lease on life, but will also help her to amplify the message she shares as a survivor of domestic abuse.
Speaking at a press conference at the Help and Shelter office yesterday, Houston displayed her new prosthetic limb, which she received a little over a week ago, courtesy of a group of New-York based Guyanese.
Houston, 23, related that her new limb has lifted her self-confidence, allowing her to feel more accepted by society as opposed to the uncomfortable stares she was previously subjected to whenever she was out in public. She said this had seen her isolate herself in the months following the attack.
“I never really wanted to go anywhere but now I can get to go out and go different places and see different people; before when people see me they would stare at me and I always use to feel shy. I didn’t want to go anywhere just be home locked away,” Houston said.