Together with his wife Christine Oberli, Bernhard Wissler, a Swiss wheelchair expert, started a wheelchair center in Addis Abeba. Within short time they built a workshop for wheelchairs, training premises as well as a sports ground. Every year 500 to 600 used wheelchairs together with many spare parts are being shipped from Switzerland to Ethiopia where a well-trained team distributes them to handicapped people. The beneficiaries contribute a small amount of money according to their financial situation. In the fully equipped workshop the wheelchairs are being professionally fitted and in case of need also repaired. Later on the center could even become a local production site of wheelchairs.

Fontana Foundation has supported this project in its initial phase and is planning on engaging in this venture in the coming years, thus providing as many handicapped persons as possible with a wheelchair.

For more information go to www.addisguzo.com