We have started 2018 with another long-nurtured idea: Disability Awareness Sunday Service. It is thus named by the initiators of the tradition elsewhere in the world, but we are considering the option to name it Diversity Celebration in Latvia. The main topic will remain the same: to emphasise that people with various disabilities are also […]

  A good antidote to depression during the dark season of the year is to bring joy to other people. As continuation to the tradition began two years ago, on December 4 society “Wings for Wheels” organised an event for people with disabilities as dedication to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The invited […]

We are forced to share sad news: the Mission-Net congress has been canceled. The organizers inform that, despite their hard work and efforts, the number of registered participants is too low, and the actual expenses significantly exceed the expected income. Therefore, the Mission-Net board has made the difficult decision to cancel the congress. Unfortunately, we […]

This year, the Challenge camp took place in Spāre boarding school from 2 to 8 July. The 19 participants along with the assistants and team members made up a multicultural company of around 70 people. Since this was already the 10th camp, the birthday atmosphere gave a good reason to look back on what God […]

On one hand, 10 years is not much for a ministry with a broad vision, such as Wings for Wheels. We have only taken the first steps in order to become familiar with the third largest country of the world formed by people with disabilities from all over the world. Yet on the other hand, […]

Do you know how a flying squirrel feels 20 metres up in the air? We do. Nineteen participants experienced flying out of their wheelchairs to the treetops during YWAM Latvia’s ropes course on May 25th. Wheels got wings! Edit gallery

May 15, 2017 Wings for Wheels went to excursion to bakery “Laci”. Bakery is 12 km out of Riga and using old Latvian traditions for baking bread. All 13 participants were asked to dress up for protective clothes and then our guide walked us through the bread baking process. We also heard the history of […]

May 13, 2017 W4W yearly seminar „Reach out hand!” took place in Valmiera. In past we have had these seminaries taken place in Riga, but this time W4W volunteer Vita Bitte invited us to Valmiera. Theme of seminar was: „Does church has place for people with disabilities?” Kaspars Apinis, W4W leader and Vita Bitte started […]