We're planning a trip to Hanoi, Vietnam from June 29 to July 3. We'll be taking wheelchairs and hand delivering them to those who are in need but unable to get wheelchairs. If you're interested in joining us, please let us know. With the help of HIS Barrier Free Desk, we're planning to take one wheelchair for each traveler. If we have 15 or more participants, that's 15 wheelchairs!

Tin Aye Ko's wife is pregnant and they live in Myanmar.  Because of polio, she is unable to walk.  Tin Aye Ko is deaf and is an instructor for translators, working on a project to put sign language translation on national television in Mynamar.  The wheelchair was taken to Yangon by volunteers, Ms. Noriko Uwabe and Ms. Kuniko Nagai.  It was gifted to Tin Aye Ko in March of this year, 2013.

Mrs. Jamniaen Kunasang of Thakhlong, Thailand is 69 years old.  She received a wheelchair from Wheelchairs of Hope on February 5th, 2013, through Ms. Charlermkjat Wjwattanakul. The wheelchair was sent from Japan first to Mr. and Mrs. Morimoto, missionaries in Thailand. They've been working with Wheelchairs of Hope for many years, distributing over 40 wheelchairs throughout Thailand for those in need of mobility. The wheelchair was hand delivered by Ms. Charlermkjat. Ms. Jamniaen says of the wheelchair, "Before I got this wheelchair, I had to use a walker. I am very poor and needed a wheelchair but could not afford one.  Bless the staff who provided this for me. I wish them happiness and prosperity!"

This is a picture of Sopha Shab-pimai's mother, Nga in Thailand.  She has had a back spine operation and isn't able to walk very well, with much pain.  How ever, with the wheelchair that she received through her daughter who works for Sumipex in Thailand, she has been smiling and been able to go outside.  Wheelchairs of Hope donated several wheelchairs to Sumipex, which in turn gifted the wheelchairs to it's employees whose families have great needs.