During 2008, a total of 2671 wheelchairs were distribuited in the following countries: Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Peru, Somalia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, Ethiopia, Uganda, Gaza, China and East Timor.

I am glad to learn that the Wheelchairs for Kids is in the process of launching a new website and want to take this opportunity to convey congratulations to the members of the Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise and of Scarborough, Western Australia...

Over 500 poor disabled children have been supplied with a new wheelchair due to the generosity of  people joining our Christmnas Card project. Wheelchairs for Kids has this novel way of extending the goodwill of Christmas.  By way of our Christmas cards, tell your friends and relatives that their present is a gift from you, on their behalf,  to Wheelchairs for Kids. These cards which have all been donated to us by one of our Chinese suppliers are available to you free of charge. If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to help in this way next Christmas, just send us your name and address and number required in the contact section of this website.

On September 16, 2008, 15 wheelchairs were delivered to the Australian Doctors for Africa (ADFA) in Perth to be shipped to the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In May, 2010, six of the new wheelchair models ( Model 9 ) were taken to the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu by Dr. Janet Richmond, Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, and Lois Moir an Occupational Therapist. Below is a brief summary of her report on the distribution of the wheelchairs:                                                                                     

" We discovered a significant need for postural support seating for some children on this island that the new design wheelchair was able to meet. We fitted children who needed mobility and postural support and the wheelchairs were able to provide both these needs.

One child has a scoliosis, a sideway curve of the spine, and the wheelchair was able to provide the additional support she required.

Another child has very low tone ( is very floppy ) and needed the wheelchair seat to be tilted backward to enable him to sit without falling forward - again the wheelchair has these required modifications. He was also short, being only 5 years old, and the wheelchair seat length as well as the footplate height could be adapted adequately to meet his needs."