SubscribeYou Can Help Injured Haitians. Thousands of Wheelchairs Are Needed.
After
lifesaving medical and rescue efforts are completed, thousands of
Haitians will need durable wheelchairs capable of navigating the rough
debris covered terrain. This kind of environment is exactly where our
chairs excel. Disability disaster response and recovery expert George
Heake has described the RoughRider wheelchair as "ideal" for Haiti
after the earthquake.
With
an estimated 200,000 dead, we can be sure many more will become
permanently disabled. It's heartwrenching to know that even more
people will become disabled due to the lack of immediate medical care.
For $220 you can provide a good wheelchair that will help an injured person return to normal life.
To make a donation online at Whirlwind.
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An Update from Whirlwind Wheelchair-
We have set up a website (www.wheelchairsforhaiti.org) to make it easy for people to donate to the Haiti relief effort. Currently we are 1/4 of the way to our goal and first container of wheelchairs. We still need your support!
The text on http://www.wheelchairsforhaiti.org is in the form of a .jpg without alt tags which is going to prevent screenreader users from reading it. I appreciate that you may have set the page up in a hurry to start getting donations in ASAP but if you want to get as many people as possible to donate then surely you want to make the page as accessible as possible to as many people as possible?
Haiti is facing a disaster. And you guys are doing a really commendable job by providing them wheelchairs. I will also make some donation for that. Infact along with wheelchairs people of haiti should be provided with Adjustable Beds and other these types of Disability Aids.