ที่มา/ความสำคัญโครงการ :

“wheel-go-round” was founded by a group of 5 change makers who want to see wheelchair users live life as freely as everyone else. Due to inappropriate environments, lack of accessible facilities, as well as lack of information of places, many wheelchair users choose to avoid getting out of their house because of the uncertainty they have to face when going to places they do not know and the worry to be a burden for other people while travelling. For this reason, “wheel-go-round” has created an online database to gather and share information about accessibility of places in Thailand through www.wheelgoround.in.th and allow people to share information and interact through our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/wheelgoround. We also organize events and invite groups of wheelchair users to engage in outside activities together, creating a community of active wheelchair users in Bangkok and Thailand. Our next event will be held at Madame Tussaud’s Bangkok, where we will invite kids in wheelchair to play games and enjoy the wax museum with their family and other fellow wheelchair users.

This is the map of four places on www.wheelgoround.in.th, where there are accessible facilities for wheelchair users

A group of wheelchair users who participated the "We Wheel Watch a Movie"activity

Wheel-go-round staff and some participants of the "We Wheel Watch a Movie" activity

ประโยชน์ของโครงการ :

Support wheelchair users to participate actvities with their families and other wheelchair users and share experiences to improve the quality of life.
Wheelchair users have positive attitudes on participating activities outside of their homes. WIth this way, they tend to be motivated to live with freedom
Promote places which have accessible facilities for wheelchair users and its positive image
Motivate entrenpreuers or building owners to think about the accessible facilities of wheelchair users in order to improve facilities for them

Wheel-go-round staff and some participants of the "We Wheel Watch a Movie" activity

They were taken photos with retro dresses

กิจกรรมที่จะดำเนินโครงการ :

1. Promote the project wheel-go-round and introduce its website and mobile application which have useful information, and people can also share information about facilities in each place to other wheelchair users.
2. Organize an activity at Madame Tussaud’s Bangkok museum where wheelchair users can access, and children can participate an activity out of their homes. In addition, this is also the way for us to create a community for wheelchair users.
3. Give awards and souvenirs to participants to create good relationships and urge them to participate activities outside of their homes.

The Family Rally activity opened an opportunity for participants to find answers to get prizes.

Earlier, we, Wheel-go-round, organized an activity “We Wheel Watch a Movie @ Mega Cineplex” for wheelchair users to watch a movie at Mega Bangna and also organized “Family Rally @ Museum Siam”, a mini rally game at the Siam Museum. As a result, we got a lot of good feedbacks from participants who attended both events that gave us great comfort to keep going.
For more information www.wheelgoround.in.th/events.html

Participants jointly searched for answers and sent it on LINE.

Follow us at
www.facebook.com/wheelgoround or www.wheelgoround.in.th

สมาชิกภายในทีม :

1. Ms. Lipda Jaruthien
2. Ms. Petra Rimchala
3. Ms. Promporn Pensiripun
4. Ms. Nantarat Sirasutthirat
5. Mr. Natavudhi Vachareeyanukul

We are a group of MBA students at Thammasat Business School, Bangkok, Thailand, who share a common vision to see wheelchair users enjoying life outside of their house as freely as everyone else. “wheel-go-round” was founded to drive societal change by collecting and sharing information on accessibility of places; and finding sponsorship for organizing fun activities for wheelchair users to come together and engage in fun experience outside of their usual environments.

Wheel-go-round staff and volunteers were taken a photo with winners from the Family Rally @ Museum Siam activity.

ภาคี :

* In order to cover the expense in system management, financial transaction and project evaluation, Taejai charges 10% of the fund to effectively make sure the donation is implemented as the goal refers.

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