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Oaxaca Wheelchair Project Video
In coordination with DIF Mexico, Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation, and the Rotaract Club of Silicon Valley, we delivered over 1000 wheelchairs and 300 supply backpacks to the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was an amazing adventure- thank you to DIF, Carlos, Eva, Jeff, Fernanda & Karina for organizing this amazing experience for us.
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Wheelchair Trip Oaxaca
In coordination with DIF Mexico, Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation, and the Rotaract Club of Silicon Valley, we delivered over 1000 wheelchairs and 300 supply backpacks to the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was an amazing adventure – thank you to DIF, Carlos, Eva, Jeff, Fernanda & Karina for organizing this amazing experience for us.
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A New Life for All – Tepic, Mexico
This video shows how Rotarians of Northwestern Arkansas help provide a new life for many people in Tepic, Mexico; not only to wheelchair recipients, but to all the family and friends of those wheelchair recipients.
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Texcoco, Mexico
This video features a distribution of wheelchairs sponsored by Rotarians in Texcoco, Mexico, where they give hope, life, and peace to the people there and all over the world.
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Cal Poly students donate wheelchairs to people in Oaxaca, Mexico
For three decades, a disabled man living in Oaxaca, Mexico, named Francisco didn’t have a wheelchair. A train accident left him paralyzed, and he was too poor to afford one. So when Cal Poly students delivered a wheelchair to him in July, Francisco broke down crying. He wasn’t the only one in tears. About 30…
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A Hope for Five Little Stars
December 21, 2005 was a different day in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The Transmex facilities changed their routine. The drivers and workers exchanged their heavy loads for some light boxes. The drivers’ characteristic fast pace was replaced by a calm walk, and instead of driving heavy trailers, they drove red wheelchairs. Transmex, for one day, stopped…
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Canada to Mexico: Rotary Provides Immediate Help
“Rotary, together with the Wheelchair Foundation, brings ordinary people together to accomplish extraordinary things.” -Rotarian Al Fedoriak Rotary District 5010, in conjuntion with Wheelchair Foundation Canada, sponsored 280 wheelchairs that were distributed in Rosarito, Mexico, on July 9 to July 11. Like many such Rotary-sponsored distributions, this was a district-wide effort, with 34 clubs involved.…
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Puerto Vallarta: Wheelchairs Make a Difference
“I can’t think of too many things that can make a significant difference in people’s lives, but the Wheelchair Foundation makes a major difference every day.” With these words, Rick Todd, a Rotarian from California’s District 5300, succinctly summed up a successful wheelchair distribution in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He vowed to return soon with even…