South America

Peruvian Town Lends Helping Hand To Man With Schizophrenia

The community of Ferreñafe, Peru came together to give a man with schizophrenia a makeover.

Peruvian Town Lends Helping Hand To Man With Schizophrenia
Municipalidad Provincial de Ferrenafe
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This, is Chumán Don Luciano.

The 83-year-old has schizophrenia. Locally, he's known as "Crazy Chumán". 

His community in Ferreñafe, Peru wanted to help. 

So they cleaned him up.

Gave him a shave.

A haircut.

And even a new set of clothes. 

Chumán and those who helped him received an outpouring of support and praise on Facebook when the city shared the story. 

The city's spokeswoman told Buzzfeed Español the city hopes to continue helping people like Chumán.

This video includes images from Municipalidad Provincial de Ferreñafe and music from Bensound / CC BY ND 3.0.