| Welcome! Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids helps Iraqi children with disabilities by providing high quality pediatric wheelchairs, each sponsored by individual and corporate donors. Sponsors receive a picture of the children as they are placed in their wheelchair for the first time! This is a unique opportunity, as families around the world have the opportunity to directly impact the life of an Iraqi family with a real need in a big way. This incredible gift literally changes the life of the child as well as the family. Children with disabilities discover a new level of mobility not previously experienced. The family no longer carries the heavy child from place to place. And the heart of the community is touched, resulting in long-lasting friendships! Please consider donating to help kids with disabilities receive these previously unavailable and valuable gifts which will help them live longer, healthier and more respectful lives. All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE through my non-profit partner Reach Out and Care Wheels. Click here to sponsor wheelchairs for kids: Or mail a check to : Full Sponsorship - $350/wheelchair Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids (partial sponsorships also welcomed!) c/o ROC Wheels 301 Gallatin Park Dr Bozeman, MT 59715 Click here to help sponsor Brad's operating expenses in Baghdad: If you make a donation of any size, please email me at Brad@WheelchairsForIraqiKids.com so I can accurately track progress on sponsored wheelchairs. ********Latest Developments******** As a 2009 CNN Heroes top 10 finalist, I was honored to meet the other nine finalists in Hollywood, California for the CNN Heroes Award show. I was awarded $25,000 for my cause, and thanks to the Annenberg Foundation for an extra $10,000! Together this provides enough to fund an additional 100 pediatric wheelchairs! It's an incredible gift, but I'll still need more contributions from donors to help hundreds of thousands of more children who need pediatric wheelchairs throughout the country of Iraq, so please consider making a gift as soon as possible. Thank you to CNN Heroes for helping bring international attention to the plight of Iraqi children with walking disabilities. Thanks to all the individual donors who sponsor wheelchairs, Reach Out and Care Wheels for providing the pediatric wheelchairs, Hope Haven International and the South Dakota State Prison inmates for manufacturing the wheelchairs at cost, Whirlwind International for the adult wheelchairs, International Relief & Development for behind the scenes consultation and aid, USAID and the US Air Force for delivering the wheelchairs to Iraq for free, DLS Corp for housing me, SBH for sponsoring my documentation, the US Army and Marines as well as the Iraqi Army/Iraqi Police for arranging the distribution events and security, and to the Iraqi government for permitting me into their country to help their children. As the US prepares for withdrawal from Iraq in 2010 and 2011, I'm hopeful the Iraqi Government will take over this great program to fund and manage a National Wheelchair Program providing pediatric wheelchairs to all children in Iraq who need one without charge through use of unspent budget surpluses. Wheelchair Distribution Picture Galleries: See the August 2009 Iraq wheelchair distribution PDF report HERE. See the October 2009 Iraq wheelchair distribution PDF report HERE. Join the Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids Facebook Cause! CNN Heroes Story Video, August 2009 CNN Think big for little ones, August 2009 FoxNews Las Vegas Story July 2009 (Video) FoxNews Dallas Story July 2009 CNN report from February 2008 Distributions (link to print article) |
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| Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids |
| Meet Ben, a hero for disabled Iraqi children! A young man named Ben watched the CNN report on this project, and decided he would personally get involved to make a difference in the lives of the children I am trying to help. With help from Helen, his Mom, he set up to play his guitar on the streets of San Francisco for two hours, raising an incredible $2269.46! Thanks to Ben, many Iraqi children with disabilities who have never had a wheelchair will now know the freedom and mobility which a high quality pediatric wheelchair can bring. Ben - YOU ARE THEIR HERO! And MY HERO! Ben has been a real trooper, raising donations many weekends since March 2008 - even while he was sick. He's encountered many generous people who have encouraged him and donated money right into his guitar case to support the WFIK project with his Mom standing by. However, he's also endured the ridicule of a few adults and classmates for standing up for the disabled children of Iraq and doing the right thing. It's been a great maturing experience for him, and he's a better guy for it! Ben set up his own website and blog (I Play for Peace.net). As of 27 November 2009, Ben has raised $17,343.42, and every penny counts! Because of Ben's efforts, the lives of over Fifty Iraqi children and their families will be changed in a big way. |
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From General David Petraeus (Feb 2008) : "Brad, I just saw the CNN story on your program and wanted to thank you for what you're doing. Your initiative has proven to be a wonderful idea, and you clearly have been doing a superb job turning that idea into reality. Needless to say, our troopers enjoy distributing the wheelchairs very much, and the goodwill they generate has been significant. Well done/thanks very much -- GEN David Petraeus, CG, MNF-I" |
| June 2009 82nd Airborne and 225th Engineers |
| April 2009 5-73 Cavalry Regiment 82nd Airborne |
| March 2009 1-319 Field Artillery Regiment 82nd Airborne |
| March 2009 5-73 Cavalry Regiment 82nd Airborne |
| February 2009 3rd BCT, 4th ID and 226th Engineers |
| International Relief & Development |
| 740 pediatric wheelchairs valued at more than $2.5 million (retail) distributed thru Jan 2010 |
