ABOUT US
Global Mobility USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit humanitarian organization committed to serving the needs of persons with disabilities around the world who are in need of a free wheelchair or other mobility assistance.
What sets Global Mobility apart is our focus on providing appropriate wheelchairs that are well-designed and custom-fitted for each recipient’s individual needs.
We accomplish this through our in-country seating clinics, a wheelchair service led by volunteer physical therapists, occupational therapists, and trained seating technicians, whose help ensures compliance with internationally recognized CRPD standards. Another unique aspect of our seating clinics wheelchair service is training of the recipient’s support group in the proper use, care, and maintenance of their wheelchair.
HISTORY
Founded by David Richard in 2012, the primary focus of Global Mobility is to provide wheelchairs to persons with disabilities around the world, primarily in, but not limited to, developing nations. Our outreach extends to those in need domestically as well.
In 1996 David founded Wheels for Humanity. Under his leadership that organization distributed and individually seated over 65,000 people with wheelchairs and other ambulatory aid in over 70 countries, including Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, Mongolia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Jordan, and Zimbabwe.
Global Mobility continues to meet the global need for mobility solutions, with a particular focus on ensuring that persons with disabilities are properly matched and fitted for the wheelchair that best serves their need.