Pakistan Contact

As Evvy Campbell, a Wheaton College Professor Emeriti said, “Development work is accomplished one relationship at a time.” Today Alice had a conversation with a relief worker in Pakistan who was interested in exploring possibilities with His Wheels trike, while working within an Anglican Church structure there. The networking tentacles for this went far and wide. Alice attends a local Anglican church who partners with the same relief organization locally. There was the opportunity to share about NOWPDP, a Muslim organization in Pakistan who ran a trike building contest back in 2016-17(?), which Alice and HWI were part of the International judging board. Then there was Katie, a missionary who we encouraged along the way back in 2007, who built a rugged wheelchair there. I sent this new contact a picture of the trike, which I’m including below. The other networking pieces were our contacts with Universities who bring a variety of discipline expertise that they are willing to share with His Wheels and their students. Pray for God’s hand on his development work through one relationship building opportunity at a time.

HWI sent plans to Pakistan. Katie & team built this Wheelchair

NOWPDP Accessible Cycle Design Challenge, Pakistan

On January 13, 2016 NOWPDP design challenge launched a first of its kind trike design challenge. The challenge highlights 5 important design features, Highly Accident Prone (Center of Gravity), Requires High Exertion (ergonomics and gear ratio issues), Uncomfortable (ergonomics), Incompact [not compact], and Unsightly.

Alice Teisan is honored to be part of the international judging board for the challenge, made possible because the judging will occur virtually.