This past Friday afternoon we were visited by two wonderful organizations, The Walkabout Foundation and Whirlwind Wheelchair International.  The visit was organized through collaboration with Partners in Health They came to give our paraplegic patients new chairs that will be sturdier and stronger for them to use on the rough terrain in Haiti.  The chair, called the Rough Rider, was designed by Whirlwind.  The visiting team included technicians, therapists, organizers and the designer of the chair.  The fitted each of our patients with a chair and showed them how to safely use them.  The chairs were well recieved and today the patients are putting them through their paces.  Thank you Walkabout and Whirlwind!

For more photos of the visit, please see the gallery here.

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