Assembling 15 trike kit sets for Ethiopia
March 2010
Packaging 15 set of trike kit sets
First week in new headquarters
Constructed crate for 15 trike kits sets and 1 completed trike
It takes an engineer to get the contents for 16 trikes into a 4x4x4 ft crate
One week after we moved in the crate was packed
Mission accomplished-many mile markers behind us.
The trike kits will one day look like this after being welded and painted in Ethiopia
Many miles in front of us
Our neighbors are helping us load the container onto the truck.
The crates next leg of the journey to meet the shipping container.
After 10 days in our new headquarters our first of hopefully many containers left the site.
Final Destination of the trikes
Good bye 2010 in Wheaton IL on December 31st CST
Happy New Year His Wheels International as the container pulled into Soddo Christian Hospital on the morning of January 1 Ethiopian time
The big job of unpacking begins
Every box must be thoroughly checked by a customs officer for contents
A long and tedious process
Mellessa, the first HWI trike recipient waiting on with great anticipation.
The trike crate-Mellessa at front left. Dr. Anderson, American surgeon also looking on.
Mellessa said good-bye to his Ethiopian made trike and hello to his new HWI set of wheels.
He's ready to go to the hospital where he works with Dr. Anderson. Mellessa speaks eight languages so he translates for Dr. Anderson.
Notice the adaptations Mellessa made to his trike:
Added a wheelchair leg support for his right knee that was fused together.
Added wheelchair sides to his trike
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