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The Special Kiwis Story |
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Special
Kiwis is a small multinational partnership dedicated to the
design, production and sales of equipment for re-habilitation
and care for people with special needs. We are located in New
Zealand, Mexico and Canada.
According to the World
Health Organization, 600 million people
live with some kind of disability. About 80% have not enough
financial resources for rehabilitation. In New Zealand there
are about 743,800 people with special needs. Although there's
government funding for assistive technologies, many families
still can't afford some equipment, even in developed
countries. For
example in New
Zealand 76% of people with a physical disability
claim a lack of special equipment to meet their needs due to
its high cost.
We also noticed that many of those equipments
are made for clinics and hospitals where they must be shared
by hundreds of users, and their prices are too high for many
families.
On the other hand there are small manufacturers which
offer cheaper products, but those are often
not only low on price but also low on quality. Our products
are designed in New Zealand to fulfil a series of needs specific
to household use. Special Kiwis' goal is to offer high quality
products to meet
the needs of special users, at affordable prices.
Special Kiwis
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Special Kiwis Mission: |
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Special Kiwis mission
is to provide rehabilitation equipment and accessories to improve
the lifestyle of people with special needs, at an affordable
price for the families.
Special Kiwis uses "User Centered Design" to develop its own products to match a series of good design
characteristics and user's needs.
Special Kiwis products are manufactured with high quality materials and processes
under strict quality control.
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Our brand: |
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Our
team: |
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Enrique
Alva Sais. Graduated with honors as
Bachelor of Business Administration, has also
broad expertise in computer systems. His thesis
research was about exporting Mexican products
to Canada, taking advantage of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Enrique has been
working for banking corporations in Mexico and
Canada and has 3 beautiful children.
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Raúl
Juárez Perezlete. Master of Architecture
from Columbia University (New York). He has his
own architecture firm for over 10 years and has
earned several awards and architecture prizes.
He is also founding lecturer of the architecture
school at ITESM campus Guadalajara. Raúl
is in charge of production and delivery of our
products.
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site: www.leap.com.mx |
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Fernando
Vallejo-Siller. Master Industrial Designer,
specialized in ergonomics at the University of
Essen in Germany. During his tenure at ITESM
campus Monterrey, he coordinated several student
design projects for people with special needs
for private and public organizations, including
an international collaboration with Fontys (Netherlands)
and Lehigh (U.S.A.) to develop an electric wheelchair
for children with muscular dystrophia and recently
a multisensory
environment for DIF Guadalajara.
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site: www.fvallejo.com |
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