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This ceremony commemorates the donation

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of 2000 wheelchairs disabled Iraqis in

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the Babel province . The wheelchairs

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were donated by the Church of Latter

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Day Saints or LDS philanthropies in

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Salt Lake City Utah . The babble PRT

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helped to make this possible by acting

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as mediators . This case , we were

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facilitating uh , connection between

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the health department here in the bible

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provincial government and international

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donors . Hopefully they'll be able to

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continue that going forward . The

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ceremony started off the program by

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giving 25 severely handicapped

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individuals , wheelchairs . The Iraqis

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who receive the wheelchairs suffer from

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amputations , spinal cord injuries as

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well as other movement . Disabling

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injuries . Person's individual freedom

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is often linked to their mobility . So

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in terms of their respect and dignity

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and the struggles they face daily . If

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this has made their lives a little bit

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better than we're very grateful to be a

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part of that . Of the 2000 wheelchairs

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donated by the LDS philanthropies , 500

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are indoor wheelchairs for hospital and

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health centers and the other 1500 are

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rough rider wheelchairs for outdoor use .

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Senior airman jeremy , Townsend Baghdad ,

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Iraq