Our work

Motivation's vision is of a world that promotes everyone’s right to mobility and inclusion

Motivation's mission is to enhance the quality of life of people with mobility disabilities

Conservative estimates put the number of people with disabilities in low-income countries at close to half a billion, and an estimated twenty million require wheelchairs to be mobile.

The people we work with often find themselves caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and disability. The majority of disabled people live in isolated rural areas by subsistence, so access to medical and rehabilitation services is virtually nonexistent and money to pay even scarcer. The situation is so grave that most people who sustain a spinal cord injury in the low-income countries die within two years, compared to normal life expectancy in industrialised countries.

Quality of Life diagram

Motivation works to address issues relating to the social, economic and physical situation of disabled people with the ultimate aim to improve quality of life. We believe that lasting solutions to poverty and suffering can only be achieved if diasabled people are empowered to take part in society.

Therefore we work in four areas - Products & Services, Capacity, Rights and Economic Empowerment - which together can improve disabled people's quality of life.

Our activities include the design and provision of low-cost mobility products, capacity building and training with disabled people's organisations and rehabilitation institutions, rights based initiatives, employment programmes and community based peer group training.

Click here to view a PDF of Motivation's main brochure, which gives a general overview of all areas of our work.


Research. It is important to look at all issues of a disabled person's life to determine the areas which can benefit from collaboration.	The need. Landmine survivors requiring prostheses. Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of disability.	Developing partnerships. Working with local groups and users to help develop their skills in relation to their needs.