| Any individual who may be disabled and wheelchair | | | | wheelchairs to be in the developing countries as |
| confined fully understands the importance towards the | | | | wheelchair necessity will rise by at least 22 percent in |
| need associated with wheelchair donations. It is an | | | | these countries within the next decade. |
| unfortunate but real problem that many of the | | | | Developing countries have a most pronounced need |
| physically challenged people are without the proper | | | | as many of these people are presently bedridden or in |
| resources necessary to purchase a needed | | | | some cases they use their arms to transport |
| wheelchair. You may ask how you can help those in | | | | themselves from location to location. Do not these |
| need. | | | | individuals deserve the same dignity as others in being |
| There are many worldwide organizations which are | | | | capable of moving within their homes and around their |
| ready and welling to provide wheelchairs free to | | | | communities with ease? You bet they do and it is |
| people with disabilities that are unable to afford them | | | | possible for you to help in this respect. |
| on their own. With the mere act of helping these | | | | Through the use of programs like the Wheelchair |
| people through a cash donation or by the process of | | | | Foundation which is operated all around the world, it is |
| donating a wheelchair you are bringing some hope and | | | | possible for you to donate a wheelchair that will be |
| encouragement back to their lives and making their | | | | sent to countries outside of the United States. The |
| daily functioning just a bit easier. | | | | foundation does not personally deliver individual |
| There exist over 100 million people worldwide who are | | | | wheelchairs instead they send bulk containers of chairs |
| physically disabled. This number fails to include those | | | | to the different areas. |
| people living in areas of our world where the rest of | | | | There are other organizations like the Chariots of |
| our society seems to have forgotten them. Every one | | | | Hope, Hope Alliance International and Direct Relief |
| of these people is experiencing disabilities due to | | | | International which are non-profit type organizations |
| accidents, war injuries, birth defects, diseases or simply | | | | and do their work internationally. They receive the |
| old age. In previously war torn areas of the world you | | | | generous donations of used wheelchairs and unlike the |
| will find groups of people who are now disabled as a | | | | previous mentioned, Wheelchair Foundation these |
| result of unexploded ordinances or landmines. | | | | organizations will attempt to target individual recipients |
| According to the statistics of the Worlds Health | | | | for the used chairs. In the majority of cases should you |
| Organization the number of injured people from | | | | donate a chair the particular organization will renovate |
| landmine explosions reaches over 29,000 yearly. This | | | | the chair and next ship it to an adult or a child that |
| number fails to take into consideration those | | | | needs it. |
| unreported cases as well as deaths caused by these | | | | All the listed organizations can use your assistance in |
| explosions. | | | | helping the disabled. You have an opportunity to help |
| The final straw is that regardless of the reason behind | | | | expand the quality of a disabled person's life. Won't |
| the disability, all of these people desperately need a | | | | you help today and make a difference in someone's |
| wheelchair. We find the greatest need for donated | | | | life. |