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Afghanistan – Canada
This video show various footage taken from Afghanistan as Canada teams up to distribute wheelchairs there.
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Afghanistan
This slideshow of images from a distribution of wheelchairs in Afghanistan portrays the strong feelings of hope in Afghanistan.
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Wheelchair Program Hailed by Afghan Envoy to Canada
Afghan Ambassador Omar Samad expressed his appreciation to Wheelchair Foundation of Canada for their recent assistance and delivery of 560 wheelchairs for disabled Afghans in the province of Kandahar. In a phone talk with Ms. Christiana Flessner, Executive Director of the Foundation, Monday, Amb. Samad thanked her and all the donors for the valuable and…
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Canadian Wheelchairs Delivered to Help Afghan Civilians Disabled by War
A gift of mobility has been delivered by Canada in the form of 560 wheelchairs to a country torn by war and littered with landmines. It’s common to see Afghan people of all ages walking on crutches, having lost a leg after stepping on an improvised explosive device. There are thousands of undetected landmines in…
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Canadian Troops Deliver Wheelchairs in Afghanistan
Canadian troops in Southern Afghanistan recently hand-delivered 560 brand-new wheelchairs to Afghan citizens with physical disabilities. In a ceremony held at Camp Shirzai yesterday Surrey MP Russ Hiebert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, thanked those involved in the project and recognized South Surrey resident and Executive Director of Wheelchair Foundation Canada, Christiana…
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Canadian Forces to Distribute Wheelchairs in Afghanistan
Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, announced ‘Operation Mobility’, a special initiative that will see Canadian Forces personnel in Afghanistan deliver over 500 wheelchairs to disabled Afghanis. “These wheelchairs send a message that Canadians, including Canada’s Armed Forces, care about the people of Afghanistan,” said Hiebert. “The wheelchairs our…
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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…