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 a simple board with roller skate-like wheels that are 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. SIFAT graduate John Brown is working with a local bike shop to build tricycle wheelchairs with the typical bike sprocket in front of the person, allowing the person to move the wheelchair forward by using their
hands to push on the sprocket pedals. The wheelchair tricycles are customized in size and shape to meet the needs of disabled individuals.
John Brown has demonstrated these improved wheelchairs to government officials, who have joined SIFAT and other Nigerian donors providing
government funds for his wheelchair projects. This project is a repeat of the third wheelchair project by Pastor John Brown.

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.

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