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The
disabled of the world have a basic human right to DIGNITY.
Translated to meaningful terms, that means the ability
to move around freely using a WHEELCHAIR.
If
you were disabled and prevented from walking, surely you
would expect to be provided with the means to get
around. In rich counties such as ours that is a basic
right we take for granted.
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130
MILLION DISABLED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
are not so fortunate. They are left to crawl in the dirt and fifth
or to be carried by caring family members to even cross the room
to visit the toilet.
How
can we continue to leave them in this condition? Many of these are
children, born with crippling disease or injured by landmines and
the results of war. The incredible pain they feel is increased by
the indignity of the lack of mobility.
In rich countries they would never be left to suffer in this way.
What would YOU think if on your next trip to the
Shopping Centre you saw a child or adult dragging themselves from
shop to shop ON THE FLOOR! You would be outraged and
demand that the management make provision for them by providing a
wheelchair service.
Yet
we leave 130 million people to do just that, with the difference
that they do not crawl through our sanitised, clean Shopping
Centres, but through the dirt and mud of the streets in the towns
in which they live, unable to shop anyway, because they are too
poor and a burden on their overstretched and equally poor
families.
The remedy is already with us in the form of a Wheelchair
specially designed by a MIT trained engineer from the USA. It is
in production NOW in China! Can the world afford 130 million of
these life changing machines?
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answer is a resounding YES! It costs just
$100 to manufacture and deliver a chair to a disabled
person in the Third World.
The
factory can work round the clock and Containers filled
with 550 Wheelchairs can be sent on their way non-stop!
Imagine the sight of Container after Container streaming
from the factory bound for a destination where 550
disabled people await the shipment with an eager
anticipation! Imagine the joy as they receive their gift
of life!
WE
NEED TO MASS PRODUCE THE CHAIRS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM!
If it was YOUR
child that was disabled, would you leave him or her to
suffer throughout their childhood? Or would you fight
tooth and nail to provide what they needed, especially
the BASIC of needs, that of mobility.
If
Governments, Businesses, Churches, Mosques, Temples,
Schools, Clubs, Wealthy Individuals and ordinary hard
working members of the public would COMBINE THEIR
RESOURCES then those in need right now would
receive the best gift of their lives! A
WHEELCHAIR!
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"Here
in the UK We take provision of wheelchairs for
granted and cannot imagine the life of a
disabled person without one. We should aim to
have a wheelchair to every disabled person in
the world. To see the smiles and hear the
laughter of those fortunate enough to receive
one would be reward enough. I fully support
the Geoff Bone Wheelchair Project and hope and
pray that many people and companies will back
the appeal"
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MIKE
PENNING M.P.
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There
has been a lot of movement lately with the “Make Poverty
History” campaign and the G8 commitments to eradicate poverty in
poor countries. Billions have been pledged to eliminate Debt and
provide Aid. But in the midst of all this activity, a forgotten
minority, 130 million disabled people, have been left out. Their
needs have not been highlighted. As they suffer in silence, they
need a voice to speak for them. They are too poor and too
disadvantaged to fight their own battle. Their battle is a daily
one of survival. They don’t have the resources to launch a great
appeal. They have abandoned hope that anyone cares. A RESCUE
MISSION is called for and that is the purpose of the GEOFF
BONE WHEELCHAIR PROJECT.
I am myself a Double Amputee, having lost both legs in an accident
in 1972 when I fell under a train at Watford Junction Station. I
know how much a Wheelchair means when you cannot walk.
This is a worldwide disaster on the same scale as the TSUMARI,
the EARTHQUAKE or the FAMINES of
Africa. My challenge to you is to do your part and make a donation
today!
Not everyone can sponsor a full Wheelchair for $100 but EVERYONE
can give a little. If we find 130 million people who will give
just $100, the needs of ALL the disabled will be met.
I
know there are many who will be able to give far more, and even
sponsor a Container of 550 chairs for $55,000 or do a fundraising
event. Sure it's a start, but WHAT A START.
C'mon
Governments, Businesses, Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Temples,
Clubs, and Individuals, make a DONATION
NOW and spread the word
about the project.
ACT
NOW! It won't take
long to solve this problem if we ALL PULL TOGETHER and treat it
with the seriousness it deserves.
To
donate, please go to the DONATIONS
Page TODAY.
We
accept donations, large and small, as everything helps, naturally
we prefer large and the larger the better.
Remember,
just $100 buys a chair, and $55,000 buys a container full.
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"I
am delighted to support this project which will meet a
real need in the Third World. It is wonderful to see how
Geoff is using his experience of disability to help many
people with similar problems. The cost of these
wheelchairs is surprisingly low and I do hope that the
project will receive wide spread support."
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Former
Mayor of Hemel Hempstead. CLLR. Jane Hogg M.R.C/P.,
M.R.C.G.P. (2005/2006)
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Marketer
Raises Funds For 160 New Wheelchairs
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