The electrical fix-it granddad – Helping society bit by bit

Through the help of a kind teacher, in his youth the now 86-year-old granddad Li Shui-bo (李水波) was able to travel to Japan where he studied machinery. Nowadays, he is nicknamed ‘the machine doctor’, and his years of experience are clearly visible on his two hands. Many electrical fans presumed a lost cause have received a new lease of life after passing through the expert hands of Li Shui-bo, once more blowing a cool calming breeze on their owner. With regards to Li Shui-bo’s competence in the knowledge of machinery, this was acknowledged after he was personally praised by ex-Taiwanese president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) after developing a sugarcane machine; of course Li Shui-bo was extremely proud.

Li Shui-bo’s retirement years were anything but easy, after his eldest son’s career failed and began suffering from psychological problems, forcing Li Shui-bo to spend every last drop of money from his savings. Through the help of the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (家扶中心), Li Shui-bo was able to ensure his grandsons grew up fit and strong, and Li Shui-bo vowed he would repay society by providing a free electrical device maintenance service.

  Li Shui-bo has incredible respect for both the teacher that helped him travel abroad to study and Taiwan Fund for Children and Families, and it is mainly out of gratitude to them that Li Shui-bo wishes to repay society at large. At present, Li Shui-bo grows vegetables that he distributes to family and friends and fixes electrical devices for free. This is the tenderness Li Shui-bo wishes to return to society, and he has vowed to continue in this manner until his very last breath!

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The electrical fix-it granddad – Helping society bit by bit
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電器爺爺 受人點滴泉湧以報 ( 中正E報 )

八十六歲的李水波爺爺，年少時受到一位老師的幫助，讓他能夠到日本學習機械，現在被人們稱作「電器醫生」，佈滿歲月痕跡的雙手，有的是修理電器的精湛功夫，經過他診療、手術後康復的電風扇，瞧，轉動的風扇已經恢復以往的風采，吹出舒爽的涼風。對於機械十分在行的水波爺爺，因為發明了甘蔗機受到蔣經國先生的表揚，爺爺感到十分的驕傲。

然而在爺爺退休後，因為事業失敗而患有精神病的大兒子，花光了爺爺畢身的積蓄，讓爺爺一時生活陷入了困境。透過家扶中心的協助，爺爺順利的帶著兩個孫子成長，並發願要回饋社會，擔任起免治療費的電器醫生。

送爺爺留學的老師以及雲林家扶中心，是他生命中的兩個貴人，也是他想回饋社會的主因，現在爺爺種菜發送給親朋好友，或免費治療大家的電器，是爺爺回報給社會的溫情，儘管年事已高，爺爺仍笑著說，他會做到最後一刻為止。

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