International Work
Wheels Garden Party
Everyone's welcome to a Summer Garden Party to be held in Ashtead (Surrey) on Friday 26th August from 2.00pm. There will be tea, cakes, scones and items for sale, all raising money for Wheels for the World. Tickets £5 (in advance) - please contact Karen... read more »
Wheels working with RILD in Uganda
April 2011 saw a small but dedicated Wheels for the World team travel out to Uganda to work with local partners, RILD, on the distribution of mobility aids and Bibles to nearly 200 disabled people. In addition to seeing people in the grounds... read more »
Haiti update - April 2011
Team members, Derek and Pauline, have just returned from Haiti - here's what Derek had to say: Our connection back from Les Cayes to Port Au Prince was tight - too tight...!!! The flight was 20 minutes late leaving Les Cayes so we arrived as... read more »
Lent Wheelchairs
Save £1 a day for the 40 days of Lent and help transform the life of a disabled person overseas! Saving £1 a day for the 40 days of Lent works out to be just the right amount to sponsor a wheelchair for our Wheels... read more »
2011 Wheelchair Distributions
TTR's Wheels for the World programme has plans for three wheelchair distributions this year: Uganda: 30th March - 9th April Kenya (Nakuru): 7th - 18th September Ghana: 23rd November - 3rd December Teams of volunteers will work with partner organisations in-country to provide and fully fit... read more »
Big Band Fundraiser for Wheels - All Welcome!
Through the Roof is pleased to learn that Stardust Big Band will be holding a Charity Tea Concert in aid of Wheels for the World at Ruislip Manor Methodist Church, Torrington Rd, Ruislip Manor, HA4 0AS on Saturday, 29th January 2011 from 5pm-8pm. Tickets at... read more »
Nyeri, Kenya 2010 - The final day
Our thanks to Phil Green for his inspiring blogs from the Wheels trip to Kenya - Here's 'Day 9 - packing up and flying home.'. Day started about 6:30 for me... Couldn't sleep so I got up. Glenda, Chris and I headed down... read more »
Nyeri, Kenya 2010 - Day 8
By Wheels team member, Phil Green... The longest day ! Where do I start... Eeek. I have been heartbroken today several times for various reasons, but the day started at the now normal time of 8:30 and there were people already lined up waiting for... read more »
Nyeri, Kenya 2010 - Day 7
An emotional blog today, from Wheels team member Phil Green: It's been really hard today both physically and emotionally for myself as well as others. There were a lot of children today and it's a lot to deal with. I often found myself... read more »
Nyeri, Kenya 2010 -- Day 6
Day 6 already. Still not sure what day or time it is half the time but the time seems to fly by even though we are starting at about 8:30 and finishing after 6. We are so busy through the day that... read more »