A New Shipment of Wheelchairs

We have been waiting for a shipment of supportive chairs from China since May. Finally we received word that they were in the harbor. But getting them out of the harbor is tough. Manila is so congested that you pay a special "congestion" fee for all incoming freight. Finally, the crate was at the warehouse.

This is the crate finally off the ship and at the door of our warehouse. Our warehouse is actually an old church that is on the block to be sold, but you can only sell a limited amount of property and we are told this building is safe for awhile. 

We had to stop to capture the moment with a picture

These 2 young men who are unloading the chairs were hired by the "forwarder" (the company you hire to move things from one place to another). They live in the neighborhood, showed up when the crate arrived and were hired for the day. Notice the shoes they choose to do the job. It took them about 2 hours. 

They moved 140 boxes from the crate, 6 boxes at a time.

And this is why we do it. This young child is being fit into one of the supportive chairs. They are  designed for someone, like this young man with Cerebral Palsy, who could not support themselves in a chair.