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Hope, Mobility and Freedom Delivered to Pohnpei
Menikewe Borong heard her name broadcast over the local radio station as one of 250 people who would receive a new wheelchair because of a donation made by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Wheelchair Foundation. She arrived early at the Pohnpei State Hospital and waited patiently as dozens of wheelchairs were being distributed to those who, for many years, could not afford a wheelchair on their own. With a big smile on her face, she told the Church representative, Bill [...]
Local Heroes Change Lives
In a model of private partners working together to bring hope, mobility and freedom to those who are in need but cannot afford a wheelchair, the Wheelchair Foundation will join today with Contra Costa Professional Firefighters (IAFF Local 1230), Wells Fargo Bank and Catholic Charities of the East Bay to present new wheelchairs to 30 people at St. Bonaventure Parish at 1 pm. This marks the first combined effort between the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the nonprofit [...]
Wheelchair Organization Offers Hope and Mobility to Disabled Angolans
Strengthening its commitment to sub-Saharan Africa, the Wheelchair Foundation, in partnership with ChevronTexaco and the Dallas, Texas District of Rotary International, will give more than 950 wheelchairs to Angolans injured by landmines. ChevronTexaco is the parent company of Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (Cabgoc) the operator of Block 0 in Angola, representing the members of the Cabinda Association, Sonangol, Total and Eni. The donation, which will be made Tuesday, December 16, 2003 in [...]
Some of the Things to be Thankful For
While we’re counting our blessings today, here are a few more to take note of: BIG WHEELS: Members of the Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce of Santa Clara Valley were just getting started when they aired a plea on their bilingual radio show (“San Jose Weekend Radio AM 1500“), seeking aid for Kaitlyn Langstaff. Listeners quickly donated more than $5,000 to help the 9-year-old Saratoga girl in her battle against the effects of an adverse medical reaction. Encouraged, chamber [...]
American Largesse Gives the Disabled More Mobility
(SGT-HCMC) Nearly 30 Americans were on hand yesterday when disabled children and adults of HCMC, Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Vinh Long were presented with 345 wheelchairs donated by West Coast community organizations. The visitors represented the San Francisco area-based Wheelchair Foundation, the Rotary Club of Seattle, and Vietnam Help, an organization run by the Vietnamese community in San Jose. In all, the three groups will donate 1,500 wheelchairs for the benefit of disabled Vietnamese this [...]
Wheelchair Foundation, Southwest Airlines to Present Wheelchairs to Ronald McDonald House of Baltimore 10/28
Pursuing its mission to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs but cannot afford one, the Wheelchair Foundation will present five new wheelchairs, purchased by Southwest Airlines, to the Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore on Tuesday, October 28 at 10:30am. The wheelchairs will offer mobility and hope to the thousands of children and their families who pass through the Baltimore Chapter of the Ronald McDonald House each year. The Ronald McDonald House [...]
The Wheelchair Foundation Distributes Over 5,000 Wheelchairs In Afghanistan
The Wheelchair Foundation joined today with the U.S. Departments of Defense and State to distribute more than 5,000 wheelchairs to disabled Afghans, opening the project with a major distribution at Camp Watan, a high security counter-terrorism training facility in Kabul. Wheelchair Foundation founder Kenneth E. Behring of Danville, California, was accompanied by Defense and State officials, Afghanistan Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Abdullah Wardak, as well as several private contributors, [...]
Openly Dancing
Nasir Durani is the president of an indigenous Afghan/American Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Afghanistan named The Afghan Center. Upon completing a recent wheelchair distribution in Kabul, Nasir filed a report, which read in part: Kabul - Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - The capital of Afghanistan was a scene of emotions and jubilation as it witnessed the distribution of brand new wheelchairs to 240 disabled people. Many had lost both legs as a result of amputation for shrapnel wounds. [...]
Wheelchair Foundation Australia
In June of 2000, philanthropist Ken Behring established the Wheelchair Foundation to deliver wheelchairs to people without mobility worldwide. Well over 100,000 wheelchairs have been delivered to more than 100 countries, and Rotary Clubs and Districts have become an integral part of this distribution effort. Since March of 2001, Rotarians have sponsored the delivery of over 50,000 wheelchairs to more than 50 countries. Children can now go to school, adults can work and provide for their [...]
Countries of Wheelchair Destination
The Wheelchair Foundation distributes wheelchairs through an established network of non-governmental or other organizations that are certified to import humanitarian aid duty free, and take full responsibility for the importation, transportation, and proper distribution of the wheelchairs, and then return photographs to us of each wheelchair recipient, using the numbered placards and single use cameras that we supply. The photographs are then used to create the presentation folders that are [...]
