What could we buy for $275?
An Akubra hat, a pair of Blundstone boots, a night in a hotel or we could buy education, hope, better health and joy. Wheelchairs For Kids was started by the Rotary Club of Scarborough in WA in 1998 & have supplied 60,000 wheelchairs to children with a disability worldwide. At least 10 million children worldwide are in dire need of a wheelchair but cannot afford one. (Source: WHO). In developing countries in many cases a child intellectually capable of attending school is denied the opportunity because of the absence of a wheelchair.
• 80% of people living with a disability live in developing countries
• 80% of people living with a disability live in developing countries
• 90% of children living with a disability in developing countries are not in school
• Disability and poverty are linked. It is estimated that 20% of the world’s poorest people have some kind of disability
• Disabled people with no mobility are more vulnerable to disease and malnutrition
• Disabled people with no mobility are more vulnerable to disease and malnutrition
For $275 Wheelchairs For Kids can give a child a wheelchair that is fitted to them and give them mobility and a new chance at life.
