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Wheelchairs for Kids Inc. We listen, we care, we give to disabled children around the world.

Editor: Volunteer Bob Sheridan

Contact: 9409 3633 or wchairs@bigpond.net.au

Chisholm Catholic College member of

Staff, Marnie Jarvis, has generously

devoted a great deal of her time to printing out for us the hundreds of sets of

assembly instructions which go away with each new model wheelchair.

Much appreciated, Marnie.

Wheelchairs for Kids Inc A PROJECT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SCARBOROUGH ASSISTED BY THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

Thank you Marnie.

JOHN AND FRIENDS IN ZAMBIA

FIVE YEAR OLD JOHN WAS BORN WITH LEGS THAT END ABOVE HIS KNEES AND WITH JUST ONE HAND.

HE CAN CRAWL WITH REMARKABLE SPEED BUT HE COULD NOT GO FAR AND COULD NOT ATTEND PRE-SCHOOL. HIS HORIZONS WERE

LIMITED TO JUST AROUND HIS HOUSE IN THE TINY VILLAGE OF MFUWE IN ZAMBIA.

JOHN AND CAROLYN OBERG HAVE TAKEN OUR WHEELCHAIRS INTO ZAMBIA OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND JOHN, WHO IS THE MD OF

SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION ZAMBIA LTD IN ZAMBIA, HEARD OF LITTLE JOHN’S PLIGHT IN MFUWE.

IN EARLY SEPTEMBER JOHN AND CAROLYN ARRANGED FOR LITTLE JOHN TO RECEIVE ONE OF OUR EARLIER MODEL

WHEELCHAIRS. ABOUT NINETY CHILDREN, SINGING AND DANCING, WELCOMED AN EXCITED LITTLE JOHN TO PRE-

SCHOOL IN CHIYEMBEKEZO.

Since 1998

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HARNESS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. THE DRAWINGS BELOW ARE SUPPLIED WITH THE HARNESS FOR EACH WHEELCHAIR AND SHOW HOW IT SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE BACKREST AND HANDLE BASES. NOT ALL DISABLED CHILDREN WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE HARNESS AND THE DECISION TO USE IT AND CORRECTLY ADJUST IT LIES WITH THE QUALIFIED PERSON REQUIRED TO FIT OUR WHEELCHAIR TO THE CHILD’S SPECIFIC NEEDS.

A,B ATTACHMENT EYELETS FOR COUNTERSUNK BOLTS.

C CHEST AND SHOULDER PADDING.

D ADJUSTABLE STRAP FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE HANDLE BASES.

E WAIST PADDING.

BACKREST

HANDLE BASE

THE ADJUSTABLE POSTURAL SUPPORT DEVICES WE SUPPLY

FOR OUR LATEST MODEL:

I. THE HEADREST WITH SUPPORTS AT THE TEMPLES.

II. THE LATERAL TRUNK SUPPORTS.

III. THE HIP SUPPORTS

IV. THE BODY HARNESS.

V. THE LAP BELT.

VI. THE FOOT SUPPORTS.

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A WORD FROM THE C.E.O. Over the last few years it has been great to see the increasing willingness of

more volunteers to take the initiative and responsibility for furthering our

project.

Apart from those stalwarts such as Bob Sheridan and Ted Melvin, we have

the technical progress group, responsible for honing the new wheelchair

design, past volunteer Tony Blackmore for pushing the initial changes,

Chris Oates who introduced us to Movies by Burswood, Cathy and Nicole

Cutler for seeking government grants and ending up getting a kitchen

donated, Don Kidson for attending a training/presentation session in East

Timor, David Shepherd for taking responsibility for our strength and

durability testing, Noel Watson for instigating and procuring our

computerised drilling machine., Bob Izett for sitting on our management

committee..Beppie De Kuyer for jumping in to so many opportunities. There

are many more that warrant a mention. Please keep it up and get

involved when you see the opportunity.

“Movies by Burswood” has again produced an outstanding return.

$127,569, this means that 1,000more children will now be given a much

needed wheelchair. This thanks to the support of our workshop volunteers,

friends and Rotary members .

Assuming and we trust that we will be once again selected as a charity

partner for the coming season, we will again need volunteers. Volunteers

attend one evening a fortnight through the summer season commencing

in December. Family members, particularly younger ones, would be

welcomed. Unbelievably, each volunteer last season earned us $150 per

hour for their attendance.

Rotarian Neil Darch and Tish have again volunteered to take on the

tremendous task of organising and handling day to day changes to the

volunteer schedule. Also, the distribution of the very profitable Movies by

Burswood value cards. Please contact Neil if you can help.

neil.darch@bigpond.com 9341 5343

The Rotary Club of Scarborough has again set aside $30,000 for our

overheads and we wait with fingers crossed for the usual state government

rent grant. Responsibility has this year been transferred from

the Premier to a government department. Gordon

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Wheelchairs

RECYCLING UPDATE:

TOTAL INCOME: $35,373.63

YEAR NUMBER TOTAL

1998 120 120

1999 250 370

2000 300 670

2001 300 970

2002 1117 2087

2003 1755 3842

2004 1685 5527

2005 2170 7697

2006 2172 9869

2007 3430 13299

2008 2671 15970

2009 1824 17794

2010 808 18602

2011 2047 20649

THE DUBAI CONNECTION

Dubai is well known for its glitz, glamour, wealth and extravagance and yes you will see more Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis and Ferraris drive past in five Dubai minutes than you will see in three Perth lifetimes.

That said, apart from all the materialism and show Dubai also has a very generous side with many wonderful people willing to provide support for those less fortunate than themselves.

Over the past ten years various Dubai organizations and individuals have supported Wheelchairs for Kids to the tune of about $160,000. One organization in particular, the United Arab Emirates Nautical Institute, has contributed $120,000 including a recent donation of $6500.

It was about eight years ago when the Nautical Institute kindly decided to adopt our W4K project as their major charity objective. The funds donated to W4K are raised through an annual ball organized in a five star hotel by the Institute for its members and friends.

Thanks to friends at Emirates Airlines we were able to fly one of our wheelchairs to Dubai for placement in the hotel foyer to remind attendees (of the ball) where the proceeds of their evening were being directed.

In spite of competition from many worthy causes the Nautical Institute have remained loyal to our project throughout. And last year one of our volunteers, Glyn Ashley, made a point of visiting Captain Adil D Moos (Hon Treasurer of the Institute) to offer the sincere thanks of everyone here in Australia.

On behalf of about 1600 children, we would like to say

“THANKS DUBAI FOR A GREAT JOB”

Captain Adil D Moos END OF YEAR

MORNING TEAS IN THE WORKSHOPS.

MONDAY DEC. 5

TUESDAY DEC. 6

WEDNESDAY DEC. 7

FRIDAY DEC. 9

10. AM

Supplied

2011 FILLED ORDERS FEBRUARY CAMBODIA (130), VIETNAM (130), ZAMBIA (27) MARCH NIGERIA (5), BALI (1), EAST TIMOR (20) APRIL GHANA (130) , BALI (2) MAY IRAQ (273), CAMBODIA (6), PNG (1), VANUATU (10), SRI LANKA (54) JUNE BALI (3), TANZANIA (130), VIETNAM (130) AUGUST BALI (3), IRAQ (322) SEPTEMBER PHILIPPINES ( 1 ), CHINA ( 654 )

SAVU SAVU ( FIJI ) 40

SINGAPORE 1

SOLOMON ISLANDS 242

SOMALIA 292

SOUTH AFRICA 90

SOUTH KOREA 20

SRI LANKA 1864

SUDAN 52

SUMATRA ( INDONESIA ) 22

TANZANIA 723

THAILAND 1

TONGA 6

UGANDA 181

UKRAINE 25

USA ( CALIFORNIA ) DEMO 1

VANUATU 106

VIETNAM 5044

ZAMBIA 187

ZIMBABWE 453

TOTAL 20649 CORRECT AT SEPTEMBER ,

2011

Distribution around the World

AFGHANISTAN 1

ANGOLA 50

ARMENIA 130

BALI ( INDONESIA ) 572

BELARUS 131

BOSNIA 100

BOUGAINVILLE ( PNG ) 6

BRAZIL 2

BULGARIA 25

CAMBODIA 682

CANADA 1

CHERNOBYL ( UKRAINE ) 60

CHINA 1245

COOK ISLANDS 5

D.R. OF CONGO 480

EAST TIMOR 670

EL SALVADOR 1

ETHIOPIA 29

FIJI 443

FLORES IS. ( INDONESIA ) 20

GAZA STRIP 656

GHANA 142

INDIA 317

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IRAN 22

IRAQ 1948

JAVA 112

JORDAN 105

KENYA 177

LAOS 20

LIBERIA 181

MADAGASCAR 26

MALDIVES 4

MAURITANIA 75

MAURITIUS 44

MONGOLIA 108

MOZAMBIQUE 99

MYANMAR (BURMA) 410

NAURU 10

NEPAL 11

NIGERIA 438

ONI - I - LAU ( FIJI ) 10

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1357

PERU 2

PHILIPPINES 175

ROMANIA 131

SAMOA 65

NEXT ORDERS

NOVEMBER NEW GUINEA ( 320 )

CONTACT INFORMATION

Rotarian JERRY PILCHER a/hours 9448 4059 (Volunteer Chairman, Management Commi ee) Rotarian GORDON HUDSON 0412 111 419 (Volunteer Chief Execu ve Officer) OLLY PICKETT 0411 633 020 (Volunteer Workshop Manager) BOB SHERIDAN 9409 3633 (Volunteer Workshop Coordinator and Editor)

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difference to the lives of people in the parts of OUR world below.

Distribution Agents to these Countries.

Steve Waugh Foundation.

Global Aid International ( GAIN ).

Rotary Clubs of Scarborough and Geelong.

Christian Mission International.

Friends of Nepal.

Project Vietnam. Father Sang.

Focus Cambodia. Hela Sahana.

Lions International.

Russell Turner. Clive Triplett.

Connecting Communities Vietnam.

The Australian Foundation for the peoples of Asia and the Pacific

Limited( AFAP ).

NEPAL ( 11 )

INDIA ( 317 )

MALDIVES ( 4 )

SRI LANKA

THAILAND ( 1 )

SINGAPORE ( 1 )

VIETNAM ( 5044 )

LAOS ( 20 )

MYANMAR ( 410 )

CAMBODIA ( 682 )

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A very generous and welcome facelift.

The Workshop Volunteer group is extremely happy with the generous dona on and installa on of a complete new kitchen for our morning tea area. Des Benne of Signature Designs arranged with Cathy and Nicole Cutler to provide the amazing faceli above. The extra work involved by Des, Cathy and Nicole is most appreciated and the result is enjoyed at every morning tea.

JHY Realty of Dunsborough is dona ng $125 to Wheelchairs for Kids for every sale they make.