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Wheel-chairs for Sri Lanka ( WC4SL ).
This is a Charitable organization to collect and ship
to Sri lanka, wheel chairs etc., for the disabled.
ලංකාවට - රෝද පුටු   உருள் நாற்காலி

Wheelchair

රෝද පුටුව Wheel chair   உருள் நாற்காலி


wc4sl@yahoo.ca (e-mail addresses of project)
place.names@yahoo.com (alternative e-mail)

See Donations List: 10-April-2010
Regarding Donations: How to donate.

These wheelchairs are destined for distribution via hospitals and other institutions dealing with disabled individuals.
see:
  Stride, Ottawa, Canada
  Wheelchair site
   Wheelchairs Tour
   Dharmavijaya Foundation healthcare projects   contacts: Olcott Gunasekera, Hema Goonatilleke
   Director of Services,( Ranviru etc), Sri Lanka, Bgr. Dr. Sanjeeva Munasinghe: mobile number is 0773082587
   For obtaining customs waiver etc., Mr. Jayamanna, Director of Social services , dirss@sltnet.lk


For details about shipping containers, see:
Shiiping containers
Smaller sized containers
Trico
crating the wheel chairs before shipping - cardboard boxes?

According to Nimal Fernando
nimal.fernando@sympatico.ca
the price for a 40x8x8 container would be $1900. This quote, valid till the fall of 2009, included pickup in Ottawa, crating and transfer to Montreal.
The 40x8x8 will be able to hndle about 70 wheel chairs.


24-May, 18-april and 21-march-2009 collections
Thanks to Mary McDowell and her team of Volunteers at STRIDE CANADA