Wheels For Africa Appeal 2009-10 » Blog http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk Recycling wheelchairs to send out to WEST AFRICA Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Rock Night at the Chi Inn March 5th http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/rock-night-at-the-chi-inn-march-5th/ http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/rock-night-at-the-chi-inn-march-5th/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:14:36 +0000 wheels4africa http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/rock-night-at-the-chi-inn-march-5th/ Lots of good bands all raising money for People with a disability in Africa… Warm up with good Music and great company…!!

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Paraplegics Basketball Game im Africa

]]> http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/national-games-2010/feed/ 0 Soma 2010 http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/soma-2010/ http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/soma-2010/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 12:37:28 +0000 wheels4africa http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/?p=403 Basketball 6 Basketball 5 Basketball 4 Basketball 3 Basketball 2 Basketball 1

Soma 2010

Soma was the second region that we visited on our regional development trip up country. Soma is a rural area and the sports facilities are situated on the outside of the town in a field. The youth and sports co-ordinator in Soma was very active in finding new members and it was down to his enthusiasm that we were able to form a new Wheelchair Basketball team and regional Para-lympic committee. We were able to donate 10 wheelchairs and were able to give a training session on how to service the wheelchairs and a coaching session on how to build their regional team and teach them how to play wheelchair basketball. These Wheelchairs are so important for people in these rural areas to get them out of their house and taking part in their community activities.    

]]> http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/soma-2010/feed/ 0 Back from The Gambia 2010 http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/back-from-the-gambia-2010/ http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/back-from-the-gambia-2010/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 09:44:40 +0000 wheels4africa http://www.wheelsforafrica.org.uk/back-from-the-gambia-2010/ Farafenni 2010

Farafenni 2010

We are back from The Gambia after a very successful trip, having given out 60 wheelchairs to the regions and worked with the teams there to enhance their training and knowledge.

Basketball training

Basketball training

After a long trip and a day of setting up the new basketball wheelchairs,  Adrian gives a training session to the new regional team.

Fixing the wheelchairs

Fixing the wheelchairs

Fixing the wheelchairs on the main street in Farafenni.

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