On October 28th a Wheels for the World team of 11 set off for Ghana, to work with the Light Outreach, distributing wheelchairs and other mobility aids along with Bibles. The team also plan to help in feeding and ministering to homeless people during the evenings.
"Being on a Wheels team is an amazing chance to make a real difference, meet amazing friends, eat strange foods, swim in algae covered swimming pools, fly in tiny planes, go on long wiggly bus trips but most of all have great fun doing God's work!" My name is Becky Nightingale ... Read More...
Meet the Steering Wheels team!
We have many people all over the country involved in the work of Wheels for the World. Some fundraise or give talks about the work, and some are team members going on distribution trips to help with allocating and fitting of wheelchairs, sharing the Gospel, raising disability awareness etc. ‘Steering Wheels’ ... Read More...
Through the Roof will be sending a Wheels for the World wheelchair distribution team to Uganda in June 2010. This will be our first time in Uganda, partnering with Non Government Organisation RILD (Response Initiative for Learning Disabilities).
The team used the the EECMY School for the Deaf in Nekemte as their base for the wheelchair distribution. In total about 90 people were assessed, provided with wheelchairs or other equipment, given a Bible and prayed with. A highlight was talking with and giving Bibles to some Muslims, including ... Read More...
Returning to Kimilili, one of the Wheels team's regular distribution centres, the seven strong Wheels for the World team were encouraged as they saw changes which had greatly contributed to the integration of disabled people into the community. Just one example was a young girl who was unable to walk due ... Read More...
