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London Marathon 2025
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April 27th 2025
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Berlin Marathon 2025
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September 21st 2025
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September 21st 2025
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Walkabout Returns to Venezuela!
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/in News /by Maria Pyatakova
Walkabout Returns to Uganda!
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/in News /by Maria Pyatakova
Colines’ Story
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This year, we have returned to Uganda, a country very close to our hearts, to distribute another 320 wheelchairs and 50 trikes. The wheelchairs came directly from our Wheelchair Assembly and Repair Centre in Kenya in a 40-foot container, which includes a variety of wheelchair types for adults and kids in need. Meet Colines, […]
A Mother’s Journey After Her Son’s Spinal Cord Injury
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/in News /by Maria Pyatakova
Dear Friends, My name is Julie Williams and I’m the mother of Walkabout’s advocate, Kirk Williams. Kirk was injured in a mountain biking accident in 2009, breaking his C4-6 vertebrae and injuring his spinal cord. Receiving that phone call and the weeks that followed brought me to my knees. Our family had lived an active […]
Walkabout Foundation Announces Haiti Partnership with Hope Health Action
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/in News /by Maria Pyatakova
Walkabout Foundation is thrilled to announce that we are partnering up with Hope Health Action once again! This global strategic partnership will combine our knowledge of global wheelchair distribution services with HHA’s expertise in facilitating sustainable and innovative healthcare in Haiti. There are an estimated 60 million people in the world who do not have […]
Uganda 2020 Film
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/in Films /by Maria Pyatakova
Time to Talk Day: A Message from our Cofounder
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/in News /by Maria Pyatakova
They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For our family, this step was discovering how difficult life can be for people with mobility disabilities, after Luis was left paralysed in a tragic car accident at the age of just 18. So, in 2009, my brother and I turned our […]
Walkabout Supporter, Kirk In The New York Times
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Click below to read Kirk’s story and get inspired!
A Personal Note From Quadriplegic Hero, Kirk
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Hello fellow Walkabout friends, I’d like to take a quick minute here to introduce myself. I’m Kirk Williams, a quadriplegic adventure photographer, world traveler, and adaptive vanlifer. I just returned from an incredible trip around Patagonia in my wheelchair accessible campervan where I have been teaching others about adaptive vanlife and raising awareness about all […]
A Personal Letter From Our Co-Chair, Alex
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Dear Walkabout Friends, I was 16 when my life was turned upside down by a car accident that left me completely paralysed from the waist down. Thankfully, I was able to receive fantastic rehabilitation care and found a way to get on with my life – although from then on in a wheelchair. Inspired by […]
A Personal Note From Our Cofounder, Luis
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Dear Friends, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what to write for September’s Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month and I’ve settled on addressing “quality of life” for people with disabilities and how it’s essential for meeting the true definition of what it means to really be alive. This is applicable to people in general […]
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
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Walkabout Foundation was founded by siblings Luis and Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster after Luis was left Spinal Cord Injured at the age of 18. Eleven years ago, Carolina and Luis completed the famous Camino de Santiago walk to raise funds and awareness of Walkabout. That day, Luis became the first person in the history of Spain to cross […]