12,000 homemade wheelchairs for mobility in developing countries

A man in a cap wearing a blue t-shirt stands next to a wheel chair made from bicycle parts.

Des La Rance with one of the self-made wheelchairs. Source: SBS / Matt Guest

A non-profit organization in Queensland turns old bicycles into all-terrain wheelchairs. The Surfers Sunrise Wheelchair Trust has been sending them to developing countries around the world for almost 30 years and has changed the lives of almost 12,000 people.


Franz Huber has been involved in this project right from the start. SBS German spoke to him. You can listen to the interview here.


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