Who we are

My name is Prince (Dr) J. Olu A- Adegbite. An unforgettable event that confined me to a wheel chair led to the birth of Mobility Help for Disabled Foundation.

When the world was still basking in the euphoria of the new millennium, I was running my small cleaning business in London until the unplanned event of Sunday, 10th July, 2000 changed the course of my life forever.

I was on my way to a business meeting, when I had a terrible accident while trying to avoid a reckless driver. I was rushed by the ambulance to Royal Free Teaching Hospital, London. The doctors did their best to save my life, but I had a severe spinal cord injury. I was told I will never move any part of my body again. I was declared a vegetable. At that darkest hour of my life, my British passport arrived in a mail. To me, it was as useless as myself.

After two weeks, I was transferred to Royal National Orthopedic Hospital where I spent almost eleven months confined to a bed and orthopedic treatment. For the first three months, I was unconscious of my environment or the people around me; my entire body was sore and I couldn’t even move on my bed without any assistance.

It took a while before my body started responding to the treatment. The first day I was assisted to sit up on my sick bed, I fainted. I fainted for the second time when I was assisted to sit on a wheel chair as part of my therapy. Eventually I got use to the new life of sitting on a wheel chair.  

After spending almost eleven months in Royal National Orthopedic Hospital, I was transferred to a nursing home for the disabled where I had to start understanding and relating with my new reality. It was here I was selected to participate in a disabled sport competition in Glasgow, Scotland.

Although when I was being transferred from Royal National Orthopedic Hospital to the disabled nursing home, one of my doctors asked if I would love to give back to the community, it was in Glasgow that the inspiration to give back completely crystallized. Ever since, I have not looked back.

I’ve shared my miraculous survival story in my book, Hope in Hopeless. However, my heart lies with Mobility Help for Disabled Foundation, which I set up to give hope and encouragement to the physically challenged, like me.

Mobility Help for Disabled gives mobility aids, counseling, support group and medical assistance to the physically challenged. We also care for the aged, widows and vulnerable children, especially orphans. We cannot accomplish this enormous task alone without your widow’s mite. 

Thank you for reading and believing in our cause.