Troops deliver wheelchairs to disabled Iraqis
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| BAGHDAD – U.S. Soldiers here with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, delivered handcrafted wheelchairs to two disabled Iraqis in the Aqur Quf area of the capital city, Feb. 10. Three weeks ago, the two disabled Iraqis were pointed out by local shaykhs, said 1st Lt. Steven DeWhitt, a San Jose, Calif., native and platoon leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment. Members of the embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team and the U.S. Agency of International Development helped the shaykhs coordinate with U.S. forces to have the two wheelchairs delivered. The recipients of the... |
Soldiers assemble wheelchairs for children
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| <Pfc. Shane Dunningham, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, supervises as a wheel is fixed on a wheelchair, Dec. 3, at Forward Operating Base Delta. The wheelchairs were later distributed to the local Children's Hospital in Al Kut. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brien Vorhees, 55th Combat Camera. FOB DELTA — In an effort to help the Government of Iraq build civil capacity and essential services, U.S. Soldiers here recently assembled wheelchairs that were given to the local children's hospital in Al Kut. The 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment troops were happy to assemble the urban-style wheelchairs, specifically... |
Wheelchairs change disabled Iraqis' lives
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| Najari bin Jade Abbas, who lost the use of her legs after a kidney removal operation three years ago, gains the gift of mobility during a wheelchair delivery to the Qays Clinic in Radwaniyah, Nov. 22. U.S. troops of 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, distributed 20 wheelchairs at the clinic courtesy of “Free Wheelchair Mission,” of Irvine, Calif. Photo by Spc. Ruth McClary, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. BAGHDAD — U.S. forces answered a call from Dr. Qays Ibrahim Rashid, owner of the Radwaniyah area Qays medical clinic, who requested wheelchairs for mobility impaired patients in... |
Disabled children wait up to two years for wheelchairs (UK Socialized Medicine)
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| The NHS was told today to stop relying on charities to fill funding gaps after figures revealed many trusts would not pay the full cost of electric wheelchairs for disabled children. Freedom of information figures obtained by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign found children were subject to a postcode lottery in terms of equipment. Statistics from 54% of NHS trusts in England and Scotland revealed that disabled children in England are forced to wait five months on average for a wheelchair. The worst performing primary care trust (PCT), East Lancashire, in the north-west of England, had an average wait of two... |
Iraqi Children Receive New Wheelchairs
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| Sgt. Maj. James Reppond, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, unloads a child's wheelchair with the help of Iraqi National Police officers at Joint Security Station Beladiyat in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad, June 20. Photo by Sgt. Rebekah Malone, 225th Engineer Brigade. BAGHDAD — Iraqi National Police and U.S. Soldiers, in conjunction with the Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids program, worked together to provide 30 wheelchairs to disabled Iraqi children at Joint Security Station Beladiyat in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad, June 20. First Lt. Trimeka Rivers, 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), has spent countless hours picking up... |
Reservists help get wheelchairs to needy Iraqi children
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| 6/18/2009 - PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- After a brief stop in America's Heartland, an Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules aircrew from here took another step in a long journey for a special load of cargo headed for Iraq. On June 11, reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing flew to Sioux City, Iowa, where they received four pallets of children's wheelchairs. The 115 wheelchairs, donated by Hope Haven International Ministries of Rock Valley, Iowa, will be handed out to children in the Baghdad area by Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C. "It really gives... |
U.S. Soldiers, Iraqi police team up to deliver new wheelchairs to Iraqi children
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| Photo credit Sgt. Isaac Wendt, 3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. Div., MND-B An Iraqi boy and his father share a moment as they look at a cell phone on the boy's new wheelchair March 23, in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad. BAGHDAD - Eighty-two Iraqi kids found a new reason to smile, thanks to efforts from Iraqi National Police officers and U.S. Paratroopers in the Rusafa district of Baghdad, March 23. Dubbed Operation Enhanced Mobility, officers from 2nd NP Division and Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, presented the new wheelchairs to disabled children during... |
Iraqi Children Receive New Wheelchairs
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| Capt. Jesse Stewart, a Troop commander with the 82nd Airborne Division, carries a disabled Iraqi girl in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad, March 23. The girl’s mother carried her daughter for two miles before almost collapsing near the wheelchair distribution site. Courtesy photo. BAGHDAD — Eighty-two Iraqi kids found a new reason to smile, thanks to efforts from Iraqi National Police (NP) officers and U.S. Paratroopers in the Rusafa district here, March 23.Dubbed ‘Operation Enhanced Mobility’, the 2nd NP Division officers and 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers presented new wheelchairs to disabled children during a humanitarian effort in the northeast... |
LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good
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| SLUG: Wheelchair.cit Caption: A Babil Province child in Iraq is helped into his new wheelchair, which he received at the Babil Rehabilitation Center here Feb 19. The LDS Church donated this wheelchair and a total of 2,000 wheelchairs to the people of Iraq. CREDIT: U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen C. Short The LDS Church does more than donate food or supplies to disaster-stricken areas. It recently donated 2,000 wheelchairs to the disabled people of the Babil Province in Iraq. The Iraqi government and several aid organizations from the U.S. gathered along with community members... new wheelchairs to 25 of... |
On the Ground: Donations Provide Wheelchairs, School Supplies to Iraqis
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| WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2009 – Thousands of Iraqis are benefiting from U.S. humanitarian efforts, with a donation of 2,000 wheelchairs in northern Iraq and the gift of school supplies in eastern Baghdad. A child is helped into the new wheelchair he received at the Babil Rehabilitation Center in Hillah, Iraq, Feb 19, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen C. Short (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In Babil province, representatives from the Babil Provincial Reconstruction Team, community groups and several U.S. aid organizations presented 25 new wheelchairs to patients in need Feb. 19 at the Babil Rehabilitation... |
Soldiers Deliver Donated Wheelchairs to Mahmudiyah Children (Now That'a a Valentine Gift)
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| Haneen, a 12-year-old disabled Iraqi girl, shows her happiness with her new wheelchair, Feb. 7, 2009. Haneen was one of three Iraqi children in Mahmudiyah to receive wheelchairs donated by Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids, and delivered by Multi-National Division—Baghdad Soldiers. Photo by Capt. Sara Woods, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. BAGHDAD — Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers of the “Iron Brigade†teamed up with an American charity to change the lives of three disabled Iraqi children from the Mahmudiyah Qada, Feb. 7. Civil Affairs Team 31 of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, partnered with Brad Blauser, founder of... |
Soldiers, Charity Group Distribute Wheelchairs in Sadr City
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| BAGHDAD, Feb. 5, 2009 – Some entered Sadr City District Advisory Council compound here in small groups Feb. 4, and others came alone. They were a diverse group -- former military men injured while fighting insurgents, victims of Saddam Hussein’s regime, the very old and the very young. Jawad Kadam tries out his first wheelchair as Brad Blauser, founder of WheelchairsforIraqikids.com, stands ready to help at the Sadr City District Advisory Council compound in Baghdad's Sadr City district, Feb. 4, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Their disabilities linked them to... |
Military Police, Civilian Donate Wheelchairs to Iraqi Children
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| Spc. Marisol Riley, a driver for the 164th Military Police Company and Riverside, California native, screws a part into place on a wheelchair for an Iraqi child, August 4, 2008. Photo by Pfc. Amanda Tucker. JOINT BASE BALAD — Military police sponsors, a chaplain and one huge-hearted civilian reached out to help the local community in Balad, Iraq, by giving two handicapped Iraqi children wheelchairs recently.Members of the 164th Military Police Company based out of Fort Richardson, Alaska, and currently commanded by 18th Military Police Brigade; go in sector on a daily basis, patrolling surrounding areas and helping to improve... |
(LDS) Church's Wheelchair Initiative Turns a New Corner
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| Chris Jardine gingerly reached out with his fingerless hands to touch the new wheelchair he was just given. He lifted his body into the new chair, but after a moment he pulled himself out and went back into his old wheelchair. “I want to wait and get up Christmas morning and have this be my Christmas gift,” Jardine said in his 10-by-10 room located in an old hospital in Mahaica, Guyana. Jardine was in dire need of a new wheelchair. His old one had loose and broken wheels, making transportation especially dangerous and difficult. The new chair would be more... |
I need some advice from wheelchair users...
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| I need some advice/information from fellow Freeper wheelchair users. I am going to be using a wheelchair for a number of months while getting physical therapy. I ordered a four foot ramp outside my door for access over an eight inch step. I now find that the one inch difference between the ramp and my floor is too much to manuever. Does anyone know of something I can use to level it off so that I can get on the ramp? |
Soldiers, Iraqi Leaders Deliver Wheelchairs to Disabled Citizens
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery delivered wheelchairs to several disabled Iraqi citizens Feb. 20, in villages along Butler Range Road, near FOB Hammer. Chief Warrant Officer Chad Barrett, from Hookstown, Pa., targeting and plans officer for the 1-10 FA, said members of the Nissan advisory council had for several weeks asked for Coalition forces’ assistance in providing wheelchairs to some of the area’s disabled citizens. Soldiers from Battery A, 1-10 FA assembled five wheelchairs they received from Soldiers of the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, from Knoxville, Tenn., currently attached to the 1st Battalion,... |
Iraqi Army Distributes Wheelchairs to Those Most in Need
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| Lt. Col. Dennis Yates, battalion commander, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) and Col. Ahmed Ehbrahim Bedor, battalion commander, 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division (center) pose for pictures with three Baghdad residents who received free wheelchairs from the Iraqi Army in Schmook Village, Jan. 3. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Grant T. Okubo, 4th IBCT PAO, 10th Mtn. Div. FORWARD OPERATING BASE RUSTAMIYAH — Villagers gathered as Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers distributed wheelchairs to disabled Iraqi citizens in Schmook Village, Jan. 3. IA Soldiers from the 1st Battalion,... |
Troops provide new wheels for disabled Iraqi children
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Iraqi Children Get New Wheelchairs
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| CAMP STRIKER, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2007 – Fifteen Iraqi children can now get around a little easier, thanks to the new wheelchairs they received at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex Civil-Military Operations Center earlier this month. Army Capt. Seth Palmer, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fits Mustafa Murtah, 5, with a new wheelchair Dec. 13, 2007, at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex Civili-Military Operations Center in Iraq. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kerensa Hardy, USA (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Medics from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne... |
Soldiers give wheelchairs to Iraqis in need
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Zahra Kamer, an 8-year-old girl, is placed into her new wheelchair by her father, Kamer Falih at the Taji Qada Qada Jan. 7. Kamer was one of 19 people to receive a new wheelchair from the Soldiers of Co. C, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion. U.S. Army photo. TAJI -- Building relationships with the local population is the first step in building a safe, secure and stable environment for the people of Iraq. The Soldiers of Company C, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion spent Jan. 7 doing just that by helping people, providing them with wheelchairs and sewing materials. The day...
Wheelchairs help Iraqi Kids
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| Wheelchairs help Iraqi KidsStory and Photo by 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Thanks to the humanitarian effort of contractor Brad Blauser, Iraqi children recieve much needed assitance in the form of pediatric wheel chairs that have been donated by individuals back in the states. MOSUL --Seeing a small Iraqi child smile when you give them a toy will make anyone smile themselves. Give an Iraqi child a wheelchair to change his or her life, will make the anyone choke up with emotion.One special individual started a crusade to help disabled children in Iraq by providing wheelchairs to help make... |
Wounded Iraqi Police Receive Wheelchairs
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ricardo Arispe examines an X-ray showing a bullet lodged in the spine of an Iraqi police officer, who was one of the recipients at a ceremony presenting wheelchairs to wounded Iraqi police officers at the Baghdad Police Directorate headquarters, April 25, 2006. Arispe serves as deputy chief, public health team, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rodney Foliente Wounded Iraqi Police Receive Wheelchairs U.S. soldiers distributed the wheelchairs, donated by a non-profit organization based in Costa Mesa, Calif. By U.S. Army Spc. Rodney... |
American Heroes: Soldiers Build Wheelchairs for Iraqis
Saturday 13th of March 2010 08:49:25 PM
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| U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq have distributed more than 1,000 free wheelchairs to disabled Iraqis since July 2005, according to a non-profit group that donates the chairs. Jonathan Abramson, a spokesman for the California-based Free Wheelchair Mission, said his group has worked with the U.S. military and the governments of Iraq and Kuwait to make the chairs available to needy disabled people. The specially-designed chairs are made from modified plastic patio chairs, mountain bike wheels, and steel frames. Each chair costs less than $45 for parts and shipping. According to the group's website, the design makes the wheelchairs durable and... |
'I Don't Have To Worry About Staying Home All Of The Time'(NEW WHEELCHAIR WHEN HERS WAS STOLEN!)
Saturday 13th of March 2010 08:49:25 PM
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| ***UPDATE TO THE STOLEN SCOOTER STORY*** 'I Don't Have To Worry About Staying Home All Of The Time' December 30, 2005 By KOMO Staff & News Services PUYALLUP - Five people offered new wheelchairs to a Pierce County woman with cerebral palsy whose wheelchair was taken from her earlier this week. Diane Daugert, 55, chose a brand-new model from Scooters America's office in nearby Fife. Asked Friday how it felt to be back on the road, she said: "It feels good. Now I don't have to worry about staying home all of the time." "We had been talking within our... |
Wheelchair Stolen From Woman In Puyallup (WA) - (MEN LAUGH AND WAVE AS THEY DRIVE OFF)
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| Wheelchair Stolen From Woman In Puyallup POSTED: 11:10 am PST December 29, 2005 PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Pierce County sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in finding two men who stole a woman's wheelchair as she looked on. The 55-year-old woman, Diane Daugert, has cerebral palsy. Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said she was driving the electric wheelchair Monday near Puyallup when its battery died. She started walking for help when two men drove up in a white SUV, loaded the wheelchair in the back and laughed and waved as they drove off. The wheelchair is worth more than $3,000.... |
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