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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Old Wheelchair – From Mercy Ships New Steps, Sierra Leone
On a recent trip to the villages of Bo and Kenema in the interior of Sierra Leone, Myriam Zingale of Mercy Ships New Steps went with Handicap International to distribute some of the donation of wheelchairs MSNS received from ‘The Wheelchair Foundation’. They encountered a few difficulties on the way with chairs escaping from the…
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A Letter From The Heart – Shanghai, China
During a recent wheelchair distribution in Shanghai, Wheelchair Foundation founder Ken Behring was approached by a young woman that had previously received a donated wheelchair. She was very happy to be able to personally thank the man responsible for her gift of a new life. In the event that she was not able to meet…