Wheelchairs to the Dominican Republic
Note from Laure Rodgers : The Dallas Mission Emanuel Team
We wanted to thank you (albeit belated) for donating the money to allow us to ship equipment to the Dominican Republic. With our team of 4 physical therapists, 3 equipment technicians, and 2 translators, we were able to partner with our Dominican counterparts, fittingover 30 children with special needs into customized wheelchairs and gait trainers. We alsogot to hold 3 full days of worlshops to train their therapists. This trip trully could not have benn possible without your geberosity. We are enclosing of how a child came to us and left in his new chair (pictured below). A life Changed! Thank you Sweetwater Rotary Club, Santo Domingo Rotary Club, Ludlum Measurements, Inc., PDG César M. Caro, Rotarian Homer K. Taylor, and Rotarian Bob Hamptom.
(The wheelchairs were delivered, recieved and distributed in the Dominican Republic in November 2013)