Ring Pulls For Wheelchairs Australia

2500 ring pulls 1 kg aluminium.

Ring pulls for wheelchairs australia.

She recently swiped the can i had just finished and pull off the ring tab on top. Any amputee is eligible. Amputations from birth defects chronic diabetes cancer snake bite as well as land mines and. Savcg abn 45480440312.

7 sets of joints are made from money paid for this 1 kg of ring pulls. The hoax claimed that the titanium ring pulls could be melted down to make wheelchairs in australia or prosthetic limbs in some third world. South australian viet nam charity group inc. Wheelchairs for kids a west australian volunteer run organisation builds wheelchairs for children all over the world and collects ring pulls to sell them as scrap metal and raise money for.

It will only take a few seconds out of your lifetime to remove the ring pull from your can. During 2005 and 2006 churches schools and organisations in melbourne australia collected ring pulls from aluminium cans in the mistaken belief that the pulls were made of or contained titanium. Many schools wishing to support our project collect only the ring pulls and not the cans for the reasons mentioned above. Virtually any aluminium is worth collecting including old window frames showers screens industrial off cuts but the most often is the common drink can.

The funds from this goes to rawcs in western australia and is then sent to thailand through reputable channels. A considerable number of wheelchairs have been funded with money raised from the sale of scrap aluminium collected by supporters. Aluminium ring pulls are a part of our recycling drive but it takes about 276 000 ring pulls at about 1 per kilo to raise the 100 to build a wheelchair. The riverstone children have set themselves a target of 14 kilograms of ring pulls by the end of the year.

Collect these and you can change it for a wheelchair i started to wonder whether this is an urban myth. But it could mean a lifetime of difference for a limbless person. I started collecting ring pulls in 2001 fundraising for a wheelchairs charity ms wixon said. The riverstone children have been collecting the metal ring pulls off the top of cans to submit to rotary of australia for the wheelchairs for kids program which makes wheelchairs for disadvantaged children in developing countries.

There is no reason to separate the aluminium ring pull from. My mom is on a roll. The foundation closed down but the ring pulls were still coming in to me and i didn t know what.