Wheels for the World in Ghana – latest news
Yesterday's distribution at Hohoe saw 84 disabled people receive wheelchairs or other mobility aids, and 16 of those making prayers of commitment. After a 14 hour day our exhausted team had a fish supper before getting some well-deserved sleep ready for setting off early today with another lorry load of ... Read More...
Ghana 2011 wheelchair distribution update
The Wheels team saw 87 disabled people during a long (13 hour) day yesterday, providing and fitting wheelchairs and other mobility aids as appropriate. Today they've travelled (via Government school bus!) to another distribution site, Hohoe, and are expecting to be just as busy... Communication is only by text, so we ... Read More...
Wheelchairs arrive in Ho, Ghana
After a long wait for the container, our team in Ho are now unpacking and sorting the wheelchairs ready to begin distributing them. The team will be working flat-out, having less than half the time they would normally have to see around 150 disabled people. There will also be an official ... Read More...
After much hard work by our Wheels team in the UK and in Ghana, the container of wheelchairs was finally released from port and is due to arrive in Ho late tonight. The team are now busy assessing the disabled people awaiting wheelchairs, and three of the team have gone to ... Read More...
Ghana 2011 Wheels trip – latest news
Our team of 7 volunteers arrived safely in Ghana last night, and today will be visiting the President of Ghana and speaking about our work (with tv crews present!). The container of wheelchairs hasn't yet made it to the distribution centre at Ho - we'd be really grateful for prayers that ... Read More...
Company sponsorship for Wheels
We are delighted to announce that Flowstore Systems Ltd will be helping to support our Wheels for the World programme. Staff, moved by images of disabled people crawling on the ground, have responded to the need for wheelchairs in Africa and will be getting down to some serious fundraising ... Read More...
Unloading Wheelchairs in Nakuru
A shipment of wheelchairs for a future distribution has just arrived in Nakuru, Kenya. Below, you can find a gallery of photos taken during the unloading at the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru's grounds. It's not a part of the Wheels journey we often get to see in the ... Read More...
Everyone's welcome to a Summer Garden Party to be held in Ashtead (Surrey) on Friday 26th August from 2.00pm. There will be tea, cakes, scones and items for sale, all raising money for Wheels for the World. Tickets £5 (in advance) - please contact Karen for tickets / further details 01372 ... Read More...
Team members, Derek and Pauline, have just returned from Haiti - here's what Derek had to say: Our connection back from Les Cayes to Port Au Prince was tight - too tight...!!! The flight was 20 minutes late leaving Les Cayes so we arrived as the flight to Miami was boarding. ... Read More...
DHL Wheelchair drop-off points
Several DHL depots throughout the country very generously accept wheelchairs to transport to our Fordingbridge main site. If you'd like to use one, please contact Doug Choyce at DHL on 01675 434 880 approximately an hour before you plan to deliver the wheelchair, so that he can let the appropriate depot ... Read More...
