A young girl is sitting on her wheelchair, holding hand pedals made with bicycle parts.

Pastor John Brown continues providing better mobility for people in Nigeria. This is his fourth project:

Project: To provide custom improved wheelchairs to physically challenged poor people in Nigeria

Summary:

Physically challenged men and women in Nigeria use crudely constructed, low profile, mobile units made of wooden seats and local wheels that are very close to the ground. They push themselves along with their hands in the dirt, which causes hand infections. These poor methods of getting around often result in motor vehicles not seeing these people and running over them. John Brown is building more conventional wheelchairs that allow a person to move the chair forward by pushing on wheels equipped like a normal wheelchair, but customized in size and shape to meet the needs of disabled individuals. He intends to demonstrate these improved wheelchairs to government officials to encourage government funding for hundreds of handicapped people currently using unsafe, homemade mobile units.

Project 26-08: Wheelchairs #4

Project Goal: $11,124

Raised so far: $0

Use the button below to donate to John Brown’s project (choose Project 26-08 from the drop-down menu). Remember, SIFAT’s legal name is Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology.



To share John Brown’s story with others, use this link:

https://www.sifat.org/international-missions/international-projects/john-brown-nigeria-4