B093N RICD Wheelchair Project: Andrew Ross Personal Support

The Situation

For the past thirty years, Andrew Ross has increasingly devoted his life to financially & logistically supporting people who serve communities in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions. In 2018, Andrew was asked by a colleague from Chiang Mai, Thailand, to assist with creating bespoke software for some Thai-based projects that were focused on sustainable community development.

Andrew’s work with one such project – wheelchairproject.org – commenced in 2019, on a very-much-part-time basis, and continues to the present.

In 2024, changed personal circumstances permitted Andrew to consider increasing his time investment into Wheelchair Project.

The key focus of Wheelchair Project is providing mobility to people in a country where disability support is not well resourced. This allows not only the recipients, but often their entire family, to then pursue educational, work and social activities that previously were simply not possible.

Wheelchair Project doesn’t just provide equipment; by working across Thailand with local community organisations, Wheelchair Project is able to introduce recipients and their families to a range of ongoing support options.

The logistics-management software Andrew continues to develop facilitates:

• An increasing number of mobility equipment donations (high-quality second-hand from Germany, Japan & the US, and new, built-to-order from China)
• The mobilisation of greater numbers of Wheelchair Project volunteer staff
• Distributing the donated equipment (through in-person fittings) across almost the whole of Thailand.

In total, approximately 75 people per week now receive wheelchairs & mobility aids, each personally assessed and fitted with equipment to meet their individual needs.

How Andrew Ross Is Supported

Andrew serves part-time with Wheelchair Project in a volunteer capacity. As with almost all Wheelchair Project roles, this model ensures that donations given for Wheelchair Project directly benefit the communities and initiatives they are intended to support.

When not working with Wheelchair Project, Andrew meets his own personal expenses.

This page exists for those who feel connected to Andrew Ross and wish to assist him with personal expenses associated with Wheelchair Project specifically.

Such assistance helps meet Andrew’s travel, accommodation and other costs associated with visiting Wheelchair Project in Thailand, and facilitates Andrew continuing to donate his time, skills, and energy to disability support and community development.

All donations are tax-deductible.