Global Wheelchair Mission

In 2003, the Knights of Columbus teamed up with The Global Wheelchair Mission http://www.amwheelchair.org to help bring wheelchairs to those who lack freedom of mobility.

Since then, Knights in the U.S. and Canada have sponsored the distribution of some 30,000 wheelchairs in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, the United States, and Vietnam.

The Global Wheelchair Mission purchases wheelchairs in bulk and delivers them by sea containers around the world. For every donation of 150 received by the Global Wheelchair Mission, It can deliver a brand new wheelchair which would cost over $500 in a medical supply store. They are shipped by 100 to 280 wheelchair containers directly from the factory to the destination countries at no cost to the recipients.