Ronald McDonald House Charities has supplied funding for 206 wheelchairs for disabled children in Nepal. Many of these children are Cerebral Palsey victims and require specialized wheelchairs. Wheelchair Foundation wishes to thank the good people at Ronald McDonald House Charities for their dedication to the improvement of so many children’s lives throughout the world.
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This video features a distribution of wheelchairs in Novemeber 2003 to the people of Nepal and describes the “Spirit of Nameste” that is felt as the wheelchairs are given.
Dr. Sharad M Tamrakar, Consultant Neuro-Psychiatrist for Norvic Escorts International Hospital, had this to say about a man in Nepal who recently received a wheelchair.
Recently some solace has been added in someone’s life by the Wheelchair Foundation. He is a simple Police Constable who lost both legs in an ambush as war was going on between the Nepalese government and the rebel Maoist groups. He is Hari Singh Kami from Werstern Nepal.
Contrary to the general notion, the country is completely bankrupted and the government is not able to provide basic health care needs even to men in service. Because of the wheelchair, Hari Sing Kami could finally be discharged from the hospital making the bed vacant for another needy orthopedic patient.
I am myself working as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the only Police Hospital in Nepal. I would like to express my interest and commitment to work as a reliable distributor for wheelchairs in Kathmandu. I am also a Rotarian committed to community services. I can be trusted.
In a joint effort between the Association of Mobility Providers and the Wheelchair Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities has financed the delivery of 206 specialized wheelchairs to children in Nepal. The majority of the children are victims of Cerebral Palsy, and require specialized wheelchairs. Daily photographic updates of the delivery mission to Nepal will be posted on the Association of Mobility Providers website.
The Association of Mobility Providers sent an assesment team to Nepal last year to identify the children in need. The Wheelchair Foundation was then approcached for financing of the mission. Ronald McDonald House Charities supplied the funding to the Wheelchair Foundation.
This is a fine example of 3 international organizations working together to save the children of the world.