THE Rotary Club of Peterborough has just received a presentation from the Wheelchair Foundation in recognition of raising £1,000.
The amount was matched twice over through Rotary International, and effectively the Peterborough club triggered a total of £3,000 towards the cause.
The Wheelchair Foundation is a non-profit organisation leading an international effort to create a
wareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities, to promote the joy of giving, create global friendship, and to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs one, but cannot afford one.
Amazingly, the foundation has helped design and develop wheelchairs which cost only £50 each.
These are practical, robust and functional wheelchairs which, with no electronics involved, are best suited for countries and areas where the need is for reliable wheelchairs which won’t break down.
“When our members saw the moving film from the Wheelchair Foundation about the results of its work, particularly in Africa, where so many, particularly children, lose limbs from mines and the fall-out of war, we had an immediate proposal from the membership to support the work.
“There was an instant and unanimous acceptance.
“The generous financial support from Rotary International trebled the amount we raised allowing our club to purchase 60 wheelchairs”, said Phil Thompson, president of the Rotary Club of Peterborough.
nAny Evening Telegraph reader wishing to join in the support towards these wheelchairs should visit info@rotarypeterborough.org.uk
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