Coming up
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London Marathon 2024
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April 21st 2024
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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April 21st 2024
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Berlin Marathon 2024
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September 29th 2024
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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September 29th 2024
First distribution in El Salvador
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
In October 2016 Walkabout travelled to El Salvador to distribute 250 paediatric wheelchairs. Several of the children we met had been spinal cord injured as a result of the gun violence that has plagued the country for so long. The capital, San Salvador, is considered the deadliest city in the Western Hemisphere. Alicia, one of […]
5th Annual London Walkabout – Best ever!
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
On Saturday 8th October, we held our 5th Annual London Walkabout in Hyde Park. As promised, it was our biggest and best London Walkabout ever, with over 1,300 people buying tickets (surpassing all previous Walkabouts!) to walk for those who can’t at our flagship fundraising event. In spite of the typically British weather (all four seasons […]
Charity’s story
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva
Uganda 2016 film
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva
Kenya 2016 film
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva
Edisa’s story
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/in Stories /by Tiago Silva
Edisa is from Uganda. She is 23 and not only has she never had a wheelchair; just 2 weeks before we met her she had never in her life sat up. Edisa arrived at the distribution lying completely flat and bent over, covering two seats on the back seat of a taxi hired to bring […]
Uganda 2016
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
This past June, Walkabout travelled back to Jinja, Uganda for the third time. With our fantastic partner, Soft Power Health Clinic, we have now distributed over 600 wheelchairs in the region and for the first time ever, we brought and distributed 30 tricycles (‘trikes’) alongside 200 wheelchairs. Trikes are exceptionally useful for those people with […]
Kenya 2016
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
In June 2016, the Walkabout team headed back to Kenya for our third distribution at the United Disabled People of Laikipia (UDPL) clinic in the town of Nanyuki, located at the foothills of Mount Kenya. We distributed 230 wheelchairs (an assortment of Tough Riders, paediatric chairs and tricycles) and, as always, we were struck by […]
Luxury fashion fundraising at Bottega Veneta
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
On Tuesday May 24 2016, Walkabout held their first ever collaboration with the luxury brand Bottega Veneta at their Sloane Street location, in celebration of the Chelsea Flower Show. Walkabout supporters, as well as some of Bottega Veneta’s most noteworthy clients, admired their latest Spring collection and mingled over cocktails and canapes. Our co-founder Carolina […]
Walkabout hits the trading floor for BTIG Charity Day
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
On Tuesday May 10 2016, Walkabout Foundation teamed up with global financial services firm BTIG, LLC for their annual Charity Trading Day. With the help of our Head of Fundraising and ex broker Zeina Nassif as well as the President of BTIG in London, Matthew Cyzer, Walkabout Foundation received over 25 nominations from hedge fund […]
Sudan 2016
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
In May 2016, the Walkabout team arrived in Sudan to distribute a container of 204 paediatric wheelchairs. This was our second distribution in Sudan, a country where nearly half the population still lives below the poverty line. We conducted a week-long distribution in the Omdurman area, in the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, helping more […]
Walkabout’s first visit to Panama
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
On April 12th 2016, Walkabout foundation travelled to Panama for the first time to distribute a container of 250 RoughRiders. Despite the country’s economic growth over recent years, about 25% of Panama’s population lives below the poverty line, and almost 10% suffer from some kind of physical disability. Our distribution coincided with the 30th anniversary […]