Despite being bound to a wheelchair, Australian Peter Mills has been helping the victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam by rolling his way around the country.

Mills, a pilot who lost the use of his legs in an accident, has ridden over 10,000 km of road in Vietnam over the past two years to help Vietnamese AO victims.

He joined in the trans-Vietnam Orange Walk to raise funds for the cause, and intends to return to some places after the walk to continue his assistance.

Mills seizes every opportunity he can to help AO victims. Arriving in Nha Trang city, central Khanh Hoa province, on Aug. 9, he promptly met the head of the province’s Association for Victims of AO/Dioxin, Tran Quang Tuyen, to get the addresses of some AO victims. He presented seven of them with gifts and also donated 10 million VND to a poor woman in Vinh Luong commune, Nha Trang city, to help her to open a grocery stall and take care of her two children suffering from the affects of AO.

When asked why he helps AO victims, when he himself is disabled, he said he simply thinks he is better off than a lot of the people he’s helping and wants to share in their difficulties.

The sufferings of Vietnamese AO victims are terrible, Mills said, explaining that this is what motivated him to do something for them to improve their quality of life. “I wish to do more for them,” he said.

For people like Mills, their charitable activities originate from personal affection, sympathy and compassion for the unfortunate victims of war.

Mills said he would continue to roll his way around Vietnam in support of the victims of AO./.