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It all started with an email asking if Project Luangwa could raise the funds to buy a wheelchair for John, a small boy who had been born with legs that ended above the knee.
We put an appeal in our monthly newsletter and within a very short time had raised enough to buy not just one wheel chair but two. We then received an offer of a free wheel chair from John Oberg, Managing Director of Sandvik Mining and Construction in Zambia. John and his wife work with Wheelchairs for Kids, an Austalian organisation that makes wheelchairs for children in developing countries.
These chairs are designed for rough terrain with a strong aluminium subframe and puncture proof tyres. They come with a multi layered cushion, a tool kit and a few spares. They are of an unusual three wheel design; the front wheel being large enough to cope with rocks, uneven ground and mud. The seat is plastic and and the chair can be left out in the rain.
John has imported over 70 wheelchairs to Zambia and has offered to provide us with more for the disabled children in South Luangwa.
The original funds raised will help with the transport of these chairs from Luasaka and help buy chairs for teenage children too large for John Oberg's chairs.
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A wheelchair means you can go out round the village with your mates
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the recipients of the wheelchairs
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