Meet Janaa: The Story Behind Janaa’s Workshop
Janaa is one of the youngest recipients of our wheelchair project in Gaza. She is a young girl living with complex health needs that affect
Janaa is one of the youngest recipients of our wheelchair project in Gaza. She is a young girl living with complex health needs that affect
For people with mobility disabilities in Gaza, the destruction of health and rehabilitation services has made an already difficult situation even harder. Displacement, damaged infrastructure
For thousands of people in Gaza, having no wheelchair means being unable to leave a tent, reach medical care, collect food or move without relying entirely on someone else.
Since October 2023, Israel’s military assault has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with new disabilities, many affecting mobility. At the same time, restrictions on humanitarian supplies have made wheelchairs, spare parts, batteries and rehabilitation equipment extremely difficult to access.
The need continues to grow, but replacing every damaged wheelchair with a new one is not always possible.
So our partners inside Gaza are working with what is already there.
During our previous wheelchair program, our partners collected around 50 old and damaged wheelchairs from people who had received replacements.
Some were broken. Others were missing parts. But many could still be repaired.
Those wheelchairs are now being assessed, restored and prepared for redistribution through the Janaa Wheelchair Maintenance Workshop, a local initiative created to give damaged mobility equipment another life.
The workshop was named after Janaa Muqat, a nine-year-old girl who spent a long time using a damaged wheelchair before receiving a replacement through our program.
Now, Janaa’s old wheelchair can be repaired and passed on to another child who needs it.
One wheelchair becomes two stories.
And instead of allowing damaged equipment to become waste, every usable frame, wheel and component can help someone else move again.
The average cost of a wheelchair repair is $300, depending on the condition of the chair and the parts, labour and modifications required.
Your donation helps cover the full repair process, from assessment and replacement parts through to restoration, fitting and redistribution to a person who needs it inside Gaza.
You can fund a full repair or contribute any amount towards the next wheelchair.
Repair a wheelchair. Give it another life. Help someone move again.
In Gaza, humanitarian restrictions mean new equipment cannot always be relied upon to reach the people waiting for it.
But damaged wheelchairs already exist across Gaza.
Frames can be restored. Parts can be reused. Chairs that would otherwise sit broken can return to service.
This is practical, locally led support built around the reality our partners are facing on the ground.
Janaa received the wheelchair she needed.
Now her old chair can help someone else.
And with your support, many more can do the same.
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