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2022 Annual Newsletter

December 27, 2022

Dear Friends and Supporters, As we reported in 2021, Whirlwind is focusing on providing technical assistance to the small-scale businesses who are manufacturing and selling RoughRider wheelchairs. During 2022, the Whirlwind engineering team of Ralf Hotchkiss, Levan Talakhadze and Salam Hassan has been providing technical assistance to 3 RoughRider wheelchair businesses: … [Read more...] about 2022 Annual Newsletter

2021 Annual Newsletter

January 12, 2022

Safety First, Second and ThirdSolar Power Tricycle DevelopmentWheelchairs to Oglala Lakota AmputeesNext Version of the Electric RoughRiderLetter from a Grateful Recipient of the Frank Barham Memorial FundKellogg Racial Equity Challenge 2030 Dear Friends and Supporters, During 2021, Whirlwind returned to its roots of assisting small-scale RoughRider wheelchair factories, … [Read more...] about 2021 Annual Newsletter

2020 Annual Newsletter

December 10, 2020

Pilgrimage of the Camino de SantiagoA Request from HCBH hospital in HaitiWhirlwind: What Can Come Next?Designing 21st Century Vehicles For Persons With DisabilitiesA Request from Fort Larned National Historic Site Dear Friends and Supporters, It is now December 2020, eight months since the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown. The sale and distribution of Whirlwind … [Read more...] about 2020 Annual Newsletter

2019 Annual Newsletter

December 5, 2019

Letter from the ChairpersonResponses from Recent RoughRider RecipientsA RoughRider for an Indigenous GrandmotherOne World Project in MoroccoSubsidized Wheelchairs from the Frank Barham Fund … [Read more...] about 2019 Annual Newsletter

2018 Annual Newsletter

November 30, 2018

In this issue: Four Wheelchair Designs International Wheelchair Stakeholder’s Meeting in India Advocating for New Wheelchair Procurement Policy in Morocco Rehabilitation In The Republic of Georgia The Frank Barham Memorial Fund Download the 2018 Newsletter here . … [Read more...] about 2018 Annual Newsletter

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