Christiana Flessner

CWF is currently fundraising to send a second shipment of wheelchairs to Haiti. We are delighted to announce that 7 year old Quinn Smith-Windsor of Saskatchewan is trying to raise $750 to sponsor 5 wheelchairs to Haiti through CWF. Here is Quinn’s fundraising letter: Please contactus at: info@cdnwheelchair.ca to see how you can help Quinn reach this […]

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(Washington, DC) – In keeping with its mission to build a better world through charitable outreach, the Knights of Columbus has brought together two international aid organizations to provide help for the people of Haiti who were injured in the devastating January earthquake. At a news conference during the 128th Supreme Convention in Washington, D.C.,

(Winnipeg) – On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today congratulated Rotary Canada on its 100th anniversary. “For a century, Canadian Rotary clubs have been adding to the vitality of their communities while never forgetting those living in poverty in developing countries,”

(Port-au-Prince, Haiti) – The Canadian Wheelchair Foundation/Fondation Chaise Roulante Canada (CWF), a Global Wheelchair Program partner, was able to facilitate the distribution of 1,000 wheelchairs to persons left with serious physical injuries due to the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. The Knights of Columbus committed to sponsoring the wheelchairs within days of

(Ethiopia, Africa) – During a trip to Ethiopia in October, 2009, Christiana Flessner witnessed firsthand the effects of polio. She watched a woman sacrifice her wages to carry her 14-year-old disabled son to school, and saw a crippled man wear sandals on his hands to protect them from the rough ground he was forced to