Lives changed, one wheelchair at a time
Posted by Peter Roaf
on Feb 16, 2016
The Canadian Wheelchair Foundation/ Fondation Chaise Roulante Canada (CWF) is an independent Canadian registered charity dedicated to:•Raising awareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities
•Delivering mobility into the lives of children, teens and adults in the world who have no means to acquire a wheelchair
•Transforming lives through mobility, and with it giving to all those deprived of it by war, disease, accident, natural disaster and advanced age, independence, dignity, hope and opportunity
Christiana Flessner, Executive Director of the Canadian Wheelchair Foundation spoke to the club about how the Foundation is transforming lives throughout the world one wheelchair at a time with the support of Canadian and international partners and the generosity of independent sponsors, including Rotary.
This video gives a sense of how the Canadian Wheelchair Foundation is changing lives in Panama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgeNkgM1zZc