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>March 2008 NEWSNOTES – Living and Learning in Kenya

>2007 Annual Report/Fall Newsletter – WHO Wheelchair Guidelines . South Africa, India, Turkey . Zambia . Export to China . Iraq with a Difference . Colombia Project Expansion .

> July 2007 NEWSNOTES – Regional Production Starts in Vietnam . Wheelchair Earmarks Sneaking in the Back Door? . Combined Federal Campaign . RoughRider Nominated for Prestigious Design Award

> February 2007 NEWSNOTES – Anatomy of a Wheelchair Building Class . Global Shift in International Wheelchair Provision . Francia Bautista – A life dedicated to helping people with Disabilities (Colombia)

> 2006 Annual Report/Fall Newsletter – Wheelchair Standards . Taking Business Seriously – Whirlwind Director Selected for Social Entrepreneurship Program . Colombia – A Success Story . Roughing it was Never So Easy . Project Homeless Connect . Wheelchair Diplomacy Update . Innovations from the Field

06.13.07
> Red Hat Magazine - Whirlwind Wheelchair empowers disabled people with open source

Getting from point A to point B is a need that we all have, but what if you’re in a third-world country and require a wheelchair? For those who are disabled and live in developing countries, the average wheelchair is usually not an ideal solution. After all, how many “average” wheelchairs can handle rocky and rough terrain or are available in places where hospitals or doctor visits are a luxury few can afford?

05.02.07
> Whirlwind one of top nominees for prestigious design award

Whirlwind has been named one of the top 112 nominees of 340 submitted by design firms from around the world in the INDEX: AWARD 2007 competition.

04.22.07
> Global shift in wheelchair provision

The First International Consensus Conference on Wheelchairs for Developing Countries, held in Bangalore, India in November 2006, is a major mile post in our efforts to improve the quality and variety of wheelchairs and wheelchair services to be provided throughout the developing world.

12.24.04
> Ralf Hotchkiss & His Whirlwind Wheelchairs - by Ralph Nader

Nearly forty years ago, a young high school motorcycle rider in Rockford, Illinois went over a grate, flipped over into the air and landed with a broken body. He became paraplegic. Because of the remarkable way Ralf Hotchkiss responded to his disability, thousands of people with disabilities here and in developing countries are now riding in durable, affordable wheelchairs.

09.15.04
> Whirlwind gets war victims fund grant for Colombia
Whirlwind has won a grant from the Leahy War Victims Fund (LWVF), a part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a 21-month project in Colombia, South America. The project will run from October 2004 to July 2006.

09.08.04
> Tech Museum award for WWI
Today, Whirlwind Wheelchair International at San Francisco State University was named a 2004 Tech Museum Awards Laureate.

09.01.04
> Whirlwind site gets facelift
After three years, it’s finally happening! And it’s more like a total makeover. Welcome to the new Whirlwind web site. We’re still putting up new content, but Whirlwind has finally joined the 21st Century in web design, thanks in large part to the help of, ilo, the design partnership of Karen Lee and Scott Andreae.