Nicaragua

Four wheel chairs

Motivation's project in Nicaragua was initiated by the British Ambassador from 1994 to 1995, John Culver. Although there were two workshops making wheelchairs, they both requested Motivation's help in improving their respective wheelchair designs. Our project worked with both workshops to give each differing but new designs to produce, including an active style wheelchair, an orthopaedic wheelchair, a child's wheelchair and a wheelchair suitable for a rural environment.

As well as establishing a national distribution system, our distribution co-ordinator worked closely with Claudio Castro, a local wheelchair user and experienced trainer, to run education and mobility skills training throughout the country.

The local team who worked with Motivation later established a NGO called CADISCA. CADISCA now carries out both Active Rehabilitation training and wheelchair production training throughout Latin America.

Project Dates
February 1995 to March 1996

Local Partner Contact Details
FUMI
Sr Omar González
Costado Oeste Casa Nazareth
Bo. Bolonia
Managua
Nicaragua

Telephone: + 505 266 7532
E-mail: fumi-1@nicarao.or.ni

CEPRI
Sr Claudio Castro
Rotonda El Güegüense 3c al Oeste
2c. al Norte, C. al Oeste
Casa 407
Managua
Nicaragua

Telephone: + 505 266 3608, extension 14
Fax: + 505 268 2118
E-mail: cepri@ibw.com.ni