Rotarians helping across the waters

Thousands of used wheelchairs are sent from the UK to South Africa where they are recycled and given to Sesego Cares, a non-profit organisation that helps physically handicapped people. The Northcliff Rotary Club receives the wheelchairs from the Rushmoor Rotary Club in England. This partnership goes back to the 1990s and more than 16 000 wheelchairs have been donated so far. John Turner of the Northcliff Rotarians and owner of Afgo in Selby, has one of his technicians, Nelson Motha, himself in a wheelchair, help with the repair work. Some of the wheelchairs have gone to neighbouring countries. Sesego Care is a volunteer group started by the wives of Absa employees in 2005, after a visit to a Cape Town township.