According to the United States Agency for International Development, 20 million people in developing countries require wheelchairs, and the United Nations Development Programme estimates below 1% of their need is being met in Africa by local production. Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries (WDDC) will give students the chance to better the lives of others by improving wheelchairs and tricycles made in the developing world.
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http://web.mit.edu/sp.784/www/lectures.html
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Looks like a great organization. Just posted about Humanitarian Design on a site I run, Design for Social Need (http://designforsocialneed.wordpress.com/). Mainly just a blog but was started by a bunch of designers with good intentions.
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