Burgers is retired, having been in the repair business in Rock Valley for many years. He estimates monthly he refurbishes up to 40 wheelchairs, putting in about 70 volunteer hours. I keep helping out here because I enjoy it, and at the same time I'm doing a little good. Volunteers clean, grease wheel bearings, attach new upholstery and make other obvious repairs. The wheelchairs are then boxed for shipment.
Information written on each box shows the size and type of chair.
The wheelchairs then are matched with the requests at hand, and shipped all over the developing world. They are then given to needy recipients who have no other means of obtaining one. Also needed are trucking firms or airlines able to donate transportation to various destinations from where they are flown or shipped to Third World countries.