Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015

Abstract

A description of a program carried out in October 2015 in North India of distribution of wheelchairs and other assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Applying cooperative approaches through churches, NGOs and networks, outside resources were utilized to develop a sustainable approach to meeting identified disability needs in low-resource settings.

Keywords

• wheelchair distribution
• disability
• India
• sustainability