London Marathon 2020
- April 26 2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- April 26 2020
2020 Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100
- August 16 2020
5:45 am - 5:00 pm
- August 16 2020
Berlin Marathon 2020
- September 27 2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- September 27 2020
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Walkabout Returns To Tackle Refugee Crisis
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/in News /by Yana Rydnik
We have just returned from Northern Uganda, one of the poorest parts of the country and the heart of one of the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. With hundreds of people crossing the border every day, fleeing conflict and famine in South Sudan, Uganda is now host to over 1 million refugees. Last year, […]
London Walkabout 2018 – Great Success!
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/in News /by Yana Rydnik
On Saturday, September 29th we held our biggest London Walkabout ever, with over 1,200 people walking for those who can’t and raising a record-breaking £115,000 NET! That’s the equivalent of 460 life-changing wheelchairs! We want to say a huge thank you to each and every person that helped make this event such a success: from […]
Natalina’s Story
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/in Stories /by Yana Rydnik
Natalina, at age 105, fled her home in South Sudan in 2019. The fear and danger in the area was just too much to bear. Although it’s not really what she wants it to be, she at least feels safe in the Palorinya refugee settlement camp. She puts her longevity into gardening and lentils. We […]
Saviour’s Story
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/in Stories /by Yana Rydnik
Meet Saviour. As a child, he has been mistreated by his father, while the boy’s health worsened by the day. An unknown illness eventually paralysed his legs, leaving him unable to leave the house. With an abusive father and a serious ailment, Saviour had no hopes for the future. Yet, three years ago Saviour […]
Walkabout Returns to Northern Uganda
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/in News /by Yana Rydnik
It’s been 7 years since the South Sudanese Civil War, which has caused nearly two million refugees to flee to Northern Uganda. Life in the refugee camps of Bidibidi, Palorinya, and Adjumani is very tough; yet, it is even harder for those with disabilities. That is why last week, thanks to Euromonitor International, Walkabout […]
110 kids in Venezuela received the gift of mobility
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Thanks to your generosity last Christmas, we were able to raise enough funds to send a container of 110 paediatric wheelchairs to Venezuela, which have just recently been distributed to the neediest of kids around the country. Children and their families came from all over the nation, travelling up to 2 days in order to […]
Eva Maria’s Story
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/in Stories /by Yana Rydnik
Eva Maria is a cheeky four-year-old girl who had never had a wheelchair before. She was pushed around in a stroller meant for children much younger than her, which gave her no independence and made her feel insecure around other children her age. You can’t imagine how happy she was to see her first wheelchair […]
Ian’s Story
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/in Stories /by Yana Rydnik
Ian is a 10-year-old boy from Santa Fe. He is passionate about learning foreign languages and painting. He loves going to school and making new friends, despite the fact that Ian can’t walk and has been carried around by his parents his whole life. In March 2019, thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of our […]
Cardoso’s Story
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/in Stories /by Yana Rydnik
Cardoso is an 8-year-old boy from Buenos Aires with a dream of becoming an engineer. He loves studying and it was no surprise for us to find out that his favourite subject was math. But Cardoso is unable to walk and has been carried around by his parents everywhere he went. Thanks to the amazing […]
Annual Report 2018
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/in News /by Yana Rydnik
WF Annual Report 2018
Walkabout Wheelchair Centre – New Beginnings
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/in Films /by Yana Rydnik
Designer Closet Sale 2109!
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/in News /by Yana Rydnik
In June 2019, Walkabout opened its very own week-long pop-up shop on King’s Road! The Designer Closet Sale sold pre-loved items donated by generous donors, with at least 50% of proceeds going to our projects. We raised an incredible £70,ooo gross and over £41,000 net, which is the equivalent of 164 wheelchairs! We are so […]
Argentina 2019 Film
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140 paediatric wheelchairs in the Dominican Republic
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/in News /by Yana Rydnik
In May we provided 140 paediatric wheelchairs to children in desperate need in the Dominican Republic – all thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of Laura Porcella Mayol at the Berlin Marathon in 2018. Our team, alongside Laura herself, our partner teams, and a group of local star volunteers, personally adjusted every chair to make […]