Man uses scrap and spare parts to build electric scooters in Gaza - in pictures

Moamen Abu Raida, a Palestinian technician, uses discarded materials to build small electric vehicles for the elderly and people with disabilities

Moamen Abu Raida, 29, a Palestinian technician, searches for spare parts at a scrap market in Bani Suhaila, a town east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Using discarded materials and rudimentary equipment at a cost of 850 shekels (US$261), Abu Raida builds small electric vehicles used by the elderly and people with disabilities. AFP

Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP

Zain, 5, a Palestinian boy with a disability, rides an electric vehicle assembled by Abu Raida, who is seen in the background, in Bani Suhaila. AFP

The mother of Zain, a five-year-old Palestinian boy with disability, holds his hand as he sits atop an electric vehicle assembled by Abu Raida in Bani Suhaila, a town east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. AFP

Abu Raida searches for spare parts at a scrap market in Bani Suhaila. AFP

Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP

Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP

Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP

Abu Raida assembles an electric vehicle at his workshop. AFP

Abu Raida test-rides a small electric vehicle he assembled. AFP

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