Equipment

The MJD Foundation purchases equipment that is not available to an individual or community group by the government or other non-government organisations.

The MJD Foundation allocates equipment equitably among MJD clients and community care facilities.

Below is some of the equipment that we have purchased.

	November 2008- Electric Beds In November 2008, we delivered our first round of equipment to MJD clients including four electric hospital beds with side rails. It's harder than you can imagine to purchase, ship and install equipment to remote Bickerton Island. Thanks to Perkins Shipping for their ongoing support in shipping items free of charge from Darwin, thanks to our supplier Keep Moving who discounted the shipment price into Darwin and got the items to the Perkins barge in Darwin for us. Thanks also to the East Arnhem Shire mob on Bickerton Island for installing Jane's bed at her house.
	December 2008 - Portable Ramps The arrival of two portable ramps now mean that there is more flexibility in the community to where the need is greatest. November 2009 - Portable Ramps The delivery of two portable ramps to Papunya in Central Australia have enabled access to a house for a women with MJD whilst she is waiting for more appropriate disability access accommodation.
	January 2009 - Beach Wheelchairs We purchased two (2) Beach Wheelchairs. One for Angurugu (Groote Eylandt) and one for Milyakburra (Bickerton Island). The wet season is a welcome relief from intense year round heat, but if you are disabled, that rain on the unsealed roads makes a wheelchair trip to the local shop unfathomably difficult.
	March 2009 - Custom Wedge Ramps Many existing houses are shaped so that a standard ramp will not fit, so the MJD Foundation has custom built some little wedge ramps to fit these circumstances. Thanks to Chris Lloyd and Steve Rix who volunteered their time to make these.
	April 2009 - Stowaway portable wheelchairs One of the complexities for disabled people living in remote communities is being able to move in and out of their community on light aircraft. Often their wheelchair simply will not fit into the aircraft. The MJD Foundation have purchased 3 portable wheelchairs for this purpose. They weigh only 9kg, and they fold up. Click here to see it fold away
	August 2009 - Glow in the Dark Products The MJD Foundation is trialling some Glow in the Dark products for those sufferers of MJD with early symptoms. In particular, we are trialing stair strips and adhesive tape.