NGO based in New Zealand with charitable status, providing low-cost mobility equipment and rehabilitation aids for the disabled in developing countries. Work involves construction, distribution, repair and recycling, adaptation to special needs and appropriate design to suit local conditions. Projects also include setting up self-help workshops in developing countries for training and technology transfer, seeking sponsors and funding for their equipment, liaising with medical services and promoting the needs of the disabled. WWW site has project information, MEND newsletter and details of MEND's plan to launch Pacific Mend, a yacht to be used for delivering equipment and support to health care workers on the islands of the South Pacific.