Whirlwind Wheelchair

A non-profit social enterprise dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities in the developing world while also promoting sustainable local economic development

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2024 Annual Newsletter

Dear Friends and Supporters, In 2023 through 2024, Whirlwind continued its prototyping work with NIOION Technologies Company, Ltd. based in Jiangsu, China in the development of an electric Roughrider using specifically created hub motors, a lithium battery pack and a controller. In this newsletter, we have an update story about this collaboration with NIOION since we are … [Read more...] about 2024 Annual Newsletter

2022 Annual Newsletter

Dear Friends and Supporters, As we reported in 2021, Whirlwind is focusing on providing technical assistance to the small-scale businesses who are manufacturing and selling RoughRider wheelchairs. During 2022, the Whirlwind engineering team of Ralf Hotchkiss, Levan Talakhadze and Salam Hassan has been providing technical assistance to 3 RoughRider wheelchair businesses: … [Read more...] about 2022 Annual Newsletter

2021 Annual Newsletter

Safety First, Second and ThirdSolar Power Tricycle DevelopmentWheelchairs to Oglala Lakota AmputeesNext Version of the Electric RoughRiderLetter from a Grateful Recipient of the Frank Barham Memorial FundKellogg Racial Equity Challenge 2030 Dear Friends and Supporters, During 2021, Whirlwind returned to its roots of assisting small-scale RoughRider wheelchair factories, … [Read more...] about 2021 Annual Newsletter

2020 Annual Newsletter

Pilgrimage of the Camino de SantiagoA Request from HCBH hospital in HaitiWhirlwind: What Can Come Next?Designing 21st Century Vehicles For Persons With DisabilitiesA Request from Fort Larned National Historic Site Dear Friends and Supporters, It is now December 2020, eight months since the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown. The sale and distribution of Whirlwind … [Read more...] about 2020 Annual Newsletter