People in other countries throughout the world must be given the same opportunities as disabled people living in Scotland or the UK, immaterial of the economic or social development of that country.
The World Health Organisation estimate that there are 70 million people in the developing world that are in need of wheelchairs but can’t get them. This is also true for many countries that are not regarded as being developing, countries such as Ukraine where there is no health service unless a person has the funds to pay for it and isolation for disabled people is common-place. Disabled people desperately need wheelchairs and mobility aids because mobility poverty is unfortunately a way of life.
Every person in the world has the right to have a life with dignity and respect and with choice and independence, the basis of all equality, but where mobility poverty exists there is no dignity, or respect and people have no choice and independence is impossible.
Disability Beyond Borders is constituted to work in any country in the world and over the past five years we have been working in Ukraine. We have been providing wheelchairs and mobility aids while advising governments at local, regional and national levels about inclusivity and access to the environment, buildings and peoples own homes.
When a disabled person has no means of mobility their home, immaterial of where they live, becomes their prison and isolation becomes an ever-increasing burden weighing down on them.
This is equally true when the environment in which a disabled person lives is not suitable to cope with their needs, for instance, if path’s and pavements are not suitable for a wheelchair, or if there is no means to cross a road, if public transport is not accessible, if someone can’t get to the shops or indeed if they are unable to use their own home because it is not suitable for their needs. We can make a real difference on a disabled persons life by advising on what adaptations are suitable, usable and practical.
Without your help and your donations, we are not able to carry out our valuable work for the benefit of disabled people who are among some of the most vulnerable people in the world today.
Please make a donation to Disability Beyond Borders today so that we can continue with the valuable work that we do for disabled people.
Nearly impossible for a disabled person but typical of ramped access into a shop
Disabled people are not often seen.
Working with colleagues in Lviv
Disabled people in Ukraine become isolated because there is no access to the environment where they live
Audience at the first ever Disability Equality Conference held at the Catholic University in Lviv. The first to be held in Ukraine.
In Scotland and throughout the UK we are fortunate enough to have access to the facilities that enable us to be more included in society. In Ukraine, however, it is a different story where much of Ukraine’s disabled population is in desperate need of wheelchairs and mobility aids. Disability Beyond Borders is dedicated to helping disabled people to live a life with dignity and respect with the choice and independence that many take for granted. The work that we do helps disabled people become valued members of their society and communities and gives the means to help eliminate isolation that so many disabled people have to endure every day of their lives.
Many disabled individuals who do not have access to the mobility they need become isolated in their homes, or even institutionalised. By supporting our charity either by donating or/and becoming a member, you will be able to help to prevent these undesirable outcomes while also offering disabled people independence.
We rely on supporters to make a donation that will fund wheelchairs, equipment and training. We depend on your generosity to enable us to help those in desperate need in Ukraine, in Scotland and other countries
