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ICCE - Whirlwind Wheelchair International
National Institute for Disability Research and Rehabilitation. (2009, Oct 1 – 2010, Sept 30 & 2010, Oct 1 –
2012, Sept 30). Technology access in resource-limited environments. To research awareness of, access to,
and acquisition of assistive technology by people with disabilities around the world, $950,000.
USAID: World Institute on Disability. (2009, April 1 – 2012 March 31). Wheelchair production network in
Georgia. To set up wheelchair production in Tbilisi, Georgia, $598,613.
USAID: World Institute on Disability. (2012, July 1 – 2013, March 31). Coalition for independent living in
Tbilisi, Georgia. To move factory to a new location and to hire and train production engineer. $50,962.
USAID. (2012, Jan 1 – 2014, June 30). Set up 7 wheelchair provision and assembly centers in developing
countries around the world, $1.7 million.
ICCE – California Campus Compact
Corporation for National and Community Service, the Learn and Serve Grant. (2009-2011). Social
innovation generation. A three-year initiative that supported California colleges and universities to aid in the
state’s recovery and renewal through service, service-learning and inventive solutions embedded in social
entrepreneurship, microfinance and social investment, $1.3 million.

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