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Welcome to ‘The Wheels 4 Africa Appeal’
The Wheels for Africa Appeal is a joint project run by the UK Charity’s Through The Roof and The Terence Mills Trust, which was started up in 2005 to help deliver wheelchairs to Disabled Peoples Organisations in Africa. To date the Appeal has sent out hundreds of light weight wheelchairs to Ex-British West Coast African Countries, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The problem in these countries is that there is no social support or government funding for their disadvantaged and disabled people, the poorer people usually have to beg on the streets to survive. A suitable wheelchair not only helps these people to lead healthy everyday lives but also opens up new opportunities and possibility’s for individuals to live an independent responsible life, no longer being considered as burdens and outcasts from society, gaining education and employment as valued members of their community.
We desperately need your help in the form of contributions to enable us to provide Wheelchairs For Africa.
We also need wheelchair spare parts and wheelchairs which are no longer in use but which are in good order for our volunteers to repair.
It costs £400 each pallet when shipping wheelchairs to Africa- The Gambia. We are always looking for volunteers to help us in many ways, i.e. Drivers (to pick up Chairs), Website Designers, Fundraisers, Coaches and Therapists for in-country assessment. Contact us if you would like to help make a difference.
Please Give Us Your Support!
Our Latest News….
We are back from The Gambia after a very successful development trip, having given out 60 wheelchairs to the different regions, we then worked with the teams to enhance their training and knowledge in preparation for the first National Para-lympic games in The Gambia…
Basketball training
Farafenni 2010
Training in Soma
National Games
Brikarma
Fixing the wheelchairs
