Wheels2Africa

Meeting Time

Tuesday 5PM

Project Description

Con Amore School in Kempton Park, South Africa, is an educational institution with a focus on students with intellectual disabilities and specific learning needs. Many of these students currently use manual wheelchairs, which require physical effort and, often, the help of a caregiver. This creates a problem of inclusion and personal autonomy for these students, causing them to feel excluded and less confident in their learning environment. Automated wheelchairs and existing wheelchair attachments are not affordable for most of these families, as well as these options not being sustainable. Wheels2Africa aims to create a reproducible solution in the form of a wheelchair attachment that can be comfortably added to the student’s wheelchairs, giving them independence and confidence.