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London Marathon 2025
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Berlin Marathon 2025
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Maria Pyatakova2024-10-03 11:31:512024-10-18 13:13:48Walkabout Turns 15!
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Maria Gabriela Gelpi2024-05-28 12:16:422024-10-18 12:48:24Supporting Children with Disabilities in Kenya: Training for Caregivers and Community Workers
Nepal 2017
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
In April 2015, a devastating earthquake shook Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and injuring nearly 22,000. A few months after, Walkabout sent a relief container of 100 wheelchairs, with the hope of restoring dignity, freedom and independence to the people who had lost so much. The disaster may have been almost two years ago, but […]
ReWalk Exoskeleton Press Release
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/in Press /by Camilla Fitzgerald
First Ever Walkabout Daycare and Support Centre
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva
Sofia’s story
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/in Stories /by Tiago Silva
Sofia had just given birth to her son Quima when we first met her back in 2014. She has been paralysed since she contracted polio at a young age. Sofia lives with Quima, her parents, 10 siblings, and 12 nieces and nephews. The family used to own a large coffee plantation and lived comfortably, but […]
Mariam’s story
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/in Stories /by Tiago Silva
Mariam lives in Uganda. She is 21 years old, and a single mother with a 9 month old baby boy. She contracted cerebral malaria at the age of 1, and has been unable to walk since. She has never before had access to a wheelchair. In spite of spending her entire life on the ground, […]
Wetherby schooboys join Walkabout in Uganda
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
In December 2016, Team Walkabout travelled to Uganda, where we distributed 200 wheelchairs and 20 tricycles with our partner Soft Power Health. Izzy, our Programmes Manager, and Isabel, our CEO, were joined by Heather Williams, our star volunteer physiotherapist, and two students, Luca and Manuel, from Wetherby Senior School in London. Every day the team […]
Patrick’s Story
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/in Stories /by Tiago Silva
At 6 months old, Patrick contracted meningitis. He has been paralysed ever since. Maralal, where he lives, is a small town in a very rural part of Kenya; access to education is limited here and in surrounding regions, and the prevailing attitude towards disability is once of prejudice and superstition. When we met Patrick at […]
Anne & Given’s Story
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/in Stories /by Tiago Silva
Anne lives in rural Kenya, and was an unmarried girl of 22 when she gave birth to her first son. There were substantial problems at the birth, and after 5 days in intensive care the doctors told Anne that her son had little chance of surviving. That day she named him ‘God Given’ because, as […]
Lulu’s journey from El Camino to Kenya
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/in News /by Tiago Silva
In December 2016, following our trip to Uganda, Team Walkabout travelled straight to Kenya, where we distributed 230 wheelchairs with our longstanding partner, United Disabled People of Laikipia. This distribution was particularly special as we were accompanied by one superstar volunteer, Lulu Dillon, pictured above. Last year, Lulu embarked on a gruelling 500km trek across […]
El Salvador 2016 film
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva
Meet our Walkabout Heroes
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva
Miriam’s story
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/in Films /by Tiago Silva