IN a collaborative effort with three wheelchair missions from the United States of America (USA), Food for the Poor Guyana (FFTP) would be embarking on a wheelchair programme in which disabled persons across Guyana will be applicable for a free wheelchair.

FFTP Senior Representative Jimeel Davis said, “We have a total of 550 wheelchairs that need to be distributed throughout the length and breadth of the country.”

FFTP is, accordingly, appealing to people and institutions in need of wheelchairs to formally apply for same, including in their application a doctor’s report or a photograph showing the disabled person.

Afterwards, the entity will call and visit the persons, so as to determine whether a small, medium or large wheelchair would be suitable for the person.

Meanwhile, the FFTP has made in-roads in its quest to partner with various hospitals, but Davis said discussions pertaining to that are still at a management level.