Volunteers from Rotary Club of Montego Bay and ROC Wheel unloading specialised wheelchairs at the Blesssed Sacrament Church on Sunday.
Left to right – ROC Wheels volunteer Jeannie, Rotarian Mexine Bisasor, Past President Bhagwan Chuganey, ROC Wheel volunteer Kathy, Past President Erica De-Silva, Rotary Club of Montego Bay President Michelle Daswani, Rotary Assistant District Governor Govind Chulani.
Whilst most North Americans celebrated Thanksgiving over the weekend of the 26th of November 2009, the Rotary Club of Montego Bay was giving thanks to R.O.C. (Reach Out and Care) Wheels based in Boseman , Montana whose representatives spent Sunday organising and dispatching wheelchairs to the physically challenged around the second City.
Past President Bhagwan Chuganey has spent over a year working with the ROC Wheels team who visited back in 2008 to determine the special requirements of nearly 100 physically challenged Jamaicans from children’s homes and infirmaries in and around Montego Bay.
Trucks from Mobay Freight Services and St. James Parish Council are loaded with wheelchairs and sent off to St. James Infirmary, Blessed Assurance Children’s Home, Mustard Seed Children’s Home and the physiotherapy department of Cornwall Regional Hospital
With the generous assistance of Rotarians, friends and organisations including Food for The Poor, the trailer of approximately 100 wheelchairs arrived in Montego Bay in early November and this weekend, 8 volunteers from ROC Wheels including 2 physical therapists flew in to begin the distribution.
After church service , on the grounds of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, a team of Rotarians and volunteers along with the ROC Wheels team opened the huge container and began sorting and arranging the wheelchairs for distribution to St. James Infirmary, West Haven Children’s Home, Mustard Seed Children’s Home and Cornwall Regional Hospital.
“These are specialised wheelchairs that have been custom built for individuals with features specifically for disabled bodies,” explained volunteer Kathy from ROC Wheels. She went on to describe how the wheelchairs made the life of the carer so much easier as well as the user citing an example of an elderly Grandmother caring for a growing grandchild who she can no longer manoeuvre. With the donation of one of the specialised wheelchairs the possibilities for Grandmother and grandchild are much improved.
During the upcoming week, the 8 member ROC Wheels team along with Past President Bhagwan and a Rotary Club of Montego Bay team of volunteers will be distributing the wheelchairs to specific persons and places around Montego Bay who will indeed be giving thanks.
Left to right – ROC Wheels volunteer Jeannie, Rotarian Mexine Bisasor, Past President Bhagwan Chuganey, ROC Wheel volunteer Kathy, Past President Erica De-Silva, Rotary Club of Montego Bay President Michelle Daswani, Rotary Assistant District Governor Govind Chulani.
Whilst most North Americans celebrated Thanksgiving over the weekend of the 26th of November 2009, the Rotary Club of Montego Bay was giving thanks to R.O.C. (Reach Out and Care) Wheels based in Boseman , Montana whose representatives spent Sunday organising and dispatching wheelchairs to the physically challenged around the second City.
Past President Bhagwan Chuganey has spent over a year working with the ROC Wheels team who visited back in 2008 to determine the special requirements of nearly 100 physically challenged Jamaicans from children’s homes and infirmaries in and around Montego Bay.
Trucks from Mobay Freight Services and St. James Parish Council are loaded with wheelchairs and sent off to St. James Infirmary, Blessed Assurance Children’s Home, Mustard Seed Children’s Home and the physiotherapy department of Cornwall Regional Hospital
With the generous assistance of Rotarians, friends and organisations including Food for The Poor, the trailer of approximately 100 wheelchairs arrived in Montego Bay in early November and this weekend, 8 volunteers from ROC Wheels including 2 physical therapists flew in to begin the distribution.
After church service , on the grounds of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, a team of Rotarians and volunteers along with the ROC Wheels team opened the huge container and began sorting and arranging the wheelchairs for distribution to St. James Infirmary, West Haven Children’s Home, Mustard Seed Children’s Home and Cornwall Regional Hospital.
“These are specialised wheelchairs that have been custom built for individuals with features specifically for disabled bodies,” explained volunteer Kathy from ROC Wheels. She went on to describe how the wheelchairs made the life of the carer so much easier as well as the user citing an example of an elderly Grandmother caring for a growing grandchild who she can no longer manoeuvre. With the donation of one of the specialised wheelchairs the possibilities for Grandmother and grandchild are much improved.
During the upcoming week, the 8 member ROC Wheels team along with Past President Bhagwan and a Rotary Club of Montego Bay team of volunteers will be distributing the wheelchairs to specific persons and places around Montego Bay who will indeed be giving thanks.
Past President Bhagwan discusses logistics with Associate Director of ROC Wheel Holly (with paper) and associate Kathy as they arrange delivery of 85 + specialised wheelchairs to physically challenged persons in Montego Bay.
Photos and article by Natasha Parchment-Clarke (c)
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