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Folding Wheelchairs, Folding Wheelchairs, and More! and More! Wenxian Hong and Tish Scolnik Wenxian Hong and Tish Scolnik Community: Community: Northeastern Tanzania Partners: Partners: MobilityCare and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC)

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Folding Wheelchairs,Folding Wheelchairs,and More!and More!

Wenxian Hong and Tish ScolnikWenxian Hong and Tish Scolnik

Community:Community:Northeastern Tanzania

Partners:Partners:MobilityCare andKilimanjaro ChristianMedical Center (KCMC)

• Worked on a simplemechanism for foldingthe three-wheeler

• Led to furthercollaborations for smallbusiness wheelchair

• A second home• A new culture• New doors opened• Friendships