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...
TTR's Wheels for the World programme has plans for three wheelchair distributions this year: Uganda: 30th March - 9th April Kenya (Nakuru): 7th - 18th September Ghana: 23rd November - 3rd December Teams of volunteers will work with partner organisations in-country to provide and fully fit mobility aids and present Bibles to disabled people. ... Read More...
Friday was a chill-out day before flying home overnight. Mid-morning, we headed off to the local market in Tema. It was a great experience, particularly seeing all the fresh food stalls. A highlight of the morning, and the trip as a whole, ... Read More...
Today we got a lie in, getting up at 8:00am rather than our usual 6:00am, which was gratefully received! The morning was spent where the remaining wheelchairs were being stored. There were only a handful of wheelchairs left but our job was to sort through them and fix them ... Read More...
Ghana 2009 – the final distribution day
We headed to Ofoase which was up towards the mountains. It was such a change in scenery - much greener than further south. After setting off at 7:00am on what we were told was to be a 2-3 hour journey, we finally ... Read More...
Today we had another fairly long journey to our distribution site, leaving again at 7:00am. We were based in a church in Asesewa. I think many of the team will agree with me that this was the most challenging day of the trip so far. I remember the awful feeling ... Read More...
