International Work
Nyeri, Kenya 2010 - Day 2
By Nyeri Wheels Team member Phil Green: The day started about 8 this morning for breakfast... Well for most - I took my time and sneaked in for breakfast at 8:30. We were at the hospice for about 9 o'clock ready for our first recipients who... read more »
Nyeri, Kenya 2010 - Day 1
By Phil Green Day 1 An uneventful but generally good overnight flight kicked off the proceedings. A few of the team managed to get a few hours sleep but some including myself got none. On arrival in Nairobi we set off in... read more »
Haiti Recce
In seven seconds a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti resulting in 230,000 deaths and millions of Haitians homeless and injured. According to the United Nations, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere where it is estimated that nearly 80 percent of the... read more »
Uganda 2010
In June, Through the Roof's Wheels for the World programme made its first wheelchair distribution trip to Uganda. Working in partnership with RILD (Response Initiative for Learning Disabilities), over 100 wheelchairs were individually fitted and 183 bibles given out, along with other mobility aids and... read more »
A Triathalon for Haiti
Geoff Mace from Worcester Park recently ran, swam and biked a Triathlon to raise money for Wheels4Haiti. The event was a Sprint Triathlon, consisting of a 400 metre swim, followed by a 20 km cycle and then a 5km run. Geoff ran... read more »
Amazing Grace
Members of the Friends of Jesus group, Holy Trinity Church Redhill, have not allowed their own learning disabilities to prevent them from helping other disabled people. The group spent several months planning their 'Amazing Grace' fundraising evening which was held in June to raise... read more »
London to Brighton for Wheels
Meike Currie has been involved with Wheels for the World for many years. Since 2000, she's been to Albania, South Africa and many times to Kenya, working fitting chairs and seeing the lives of individuals and whole families changed through a wheelchair, the... read more »
A Gift For Wheels
On Monday 8th April, representatives from the Redeemed Church of God visited us at Through the Roof's office with a £10,000 cheque for the work of Wheels for the World. Pastor Andrew Adeleke of the House of Praise church presented CEO Jacky Oliver... read more »
Chris Grayling MP Gives a Helpful Push to Wheels for Haiti
Chris Grayling, MP and Shadow Home Secretary (at the time of writing), recently helped Christian disability charity Through the Roof launch an appeal for wheelchairs for Haiti. Speaking at an event supported by the Horton Golf Club in Epsom, Surrey on the 26th... read more »
Pupils raise money for Haiti
The pupils at Greville Primary School in Ashtead have raised £430 for 'Wheels 4 Haiti', a fund set up within Through the Roof's overseas programme 'Wheels for the World'. The monies raised by the school will sponsor ten much need wheelchairs. Pupils created collages of coins... read more »