My grandma passed 8 months ago and behind she left 3 wheelchairs, 1 walker, 3 commodes, a bench shower chair. And a few more items I'm sure will help others. How do I go about donating some of it? (everything is good conditions expect for one wheelchair and a commode)
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Just want to comment to what Caught said. I would assume this is a worldwide thing. If so, its very hard to get durable equipment inside some of these countries that really need them. Just like when food is sent, it gets held up in the bureaucracy and red tape. I was responsible for our local durable equipment closet. Walkers and Commodes we were overwhelmed with. We had an organization ask us to donate and my boss said sure. Didn't hear from them for months. The lady stopped by to see if the commodes could be broken down to fit on pallets and put back together. She told us then that it was getting hard to even ship the equipment over. They actually would find someone traveling to a country in need and have them transport it for them by using the walker or wheelchair and someone would meet them to get it. This was over ten years ago so things may have changed but I doubt it.
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