EC.721 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate

Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries

Syllabus

WDDC Partners

WDDC partners around the world. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)

PARTNERS  
Africa
APDK 
Nairobi and Mombassa, Kenya 
Manufacturers of Wheelchairs and Tricycles
 
Disabled Aids and General Engineering (DAGE) 
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 
Manufacturer of Tricycles
 
Disacare 
Lusaka, Zambia 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs and Tricycles
 
Katalema Cheshire Home 
Kampala, Uganda 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs
 
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center Wheelchair Workshop 
Moshi, Tanzania 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs
 
Mobility Care 
Arusha, Tanzania 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs
 
O Dolf Ltd. 
Awka, Nigeria 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs
 
Shonaquip CC 
Cape Town, South Africa 
Manufacturer of Custom Wheelchairs
 
UWZ (Zanzibar Association of the Disabled) Wheelchair Workshop 
Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs
 
Central America
Transitions (Asociacion Transiciones) 
Antigua, Guatemala 
Wheelchair workshop and disability organization
 
Southeast Asia
Handicap International, Philippines Office 
Manilla, Philippines 
Disability-focused NGO
 
Freedom Technology 
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs
 
Kien Tuong Private Enterprise 
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs and Tricycles
 
WAFCAT and Thaiwheel 
Bangkok, Thailand 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs and Tricycles
 
Tahanang Walang Hagdanan, Inc (TWH) 
Manilla, Philppines 
Manufacturer of Wheelchairs and Tricycles
 
Developed country partners
Amos Winter 
MIT Mobility Lab 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Cambridge, MA, USA 
University
 
Motivation 
Bristol, UK 
Wheelchair design NGO
 
Move with Freedom 
Maine, USA 
Tricycle design NGO
 
Northeast Passage 
Durham, NH, USA 
Therapeutic recreation services NGO
 
Whirlwind Wheelchair International 
San Francisco, California, USA 
Wheelchair Design NGO
 

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