From @FWMission ... Friday Story: "Independence in Africa"

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope.

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Friday Story: "Independence in Africa"

Greetings and happy Friday!

A few months back I shared a story from my trip to Uganda. This week I would like to share with you another story from my trip of a beautiful woman named Zwena, a mother:

As we approached Zwena’s home, we found her waiting expectantly, seated on a block of wood in her dusty yard. Her big smile greeted us as we approached with a new GEN_1 wheelchair for her. Family and friends stood nearby anticipating what was about to happen. Zwena told us that she suffered a serious, undiagnosed illness about 10 years ago which resulted in the loss of all strength in her legs. Her young son, who was now 20, had been her main caregiver ever since. Often he had to leave his mother at home, but she longed to get out and see others and to help her son around the home ...

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