1. "Are You Sitting Comfortably?"
Chairs to Change Lives

2. 80 -110 million people worldwide need a wheelchair
WHO –
million people worldwide need a wheelchair
million people in developing countries need a wheelchair
1 billion people in the world in need of AT, a figure set to double by 2050

13. Humanitarian Programmes/Social Enterprise

14. 3 wheel wheelchairs
Cambodia 1993
Afghanistan 1996
Sri Lanka 1997
Bangladesh 2000
Africa 2004
Motivation Direct 2007

15. 4 wheel wheelchairs
Bangladesh 1991
Poland 1992
Romania 1993
Nicaragua 1995
Sri Lanka 1997
Motivation Direct 2007

16. Supportive Seating
Russia 1994
Lithuania 1995
Bangladesh 2000
Sri Lanka 2001

17. Tricycles
Cambodia 1993
Afghanistan 1996
Sri Lanka 2004
Zambia 2004

18. …the design and provision of wheelchairs, services and training.

19. Rough Terrain
Active Folding
Standard Folding
MotiStart seating unit
MotiGo

26. So what happens Products in the wrong context. ?

27. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80 percent of medical equipment in some countries is donated or funded through foreign sources, but only 10 percent to 30 percent of the donations are ever put into operation. According to Robert Malkin, a professor of the practice of biomedical engineering at Duke University, “there is a great risk for every medical device donation that it’s going to hurt the recipient”.

33. Motivation has spent 25 years designing products, services and training, providing, training and developing delivery methods.
TATCOT to WHO training packages

46. Workshop Break into groups of 3-4
Your organisation has been offered 100 free wheelchairs of varying types from various sources like hospitals, care homes and individuals.
Discuss the pros and cons of what you would do with these chairs based on the fact that your organisation is working in a low-income country and you know there is a need for wheelchairs.
Come up with three or four recommendations of what you would do.
Feedback to the group after 10 minutes