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.Friday Story: "Big Dreamer"
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How can an individual fulfill a dream when they cannot even walk out of their home? How can a young boy imagine success when his mother has to carry him everywhere on her back? These are questions individuals across the developing world face each day. Our mission is to provide these individuals the gift of mobility in hopes for them to reach their full potential. This week’s story comes from our Distribution Partner, the Malawi Project:
Chimwemwe is an 11 year old boy living in the Mbera Village in Balaka District – Southern Malawi. Like any young boy his age, he has dreams. Dreams to have an education and of becoming a school teacher. But Chimwemwe has cerebral palsy and cannot walk since he is paralyzed from the waist down ...
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Want to take one of these wheelchairs for a test drive? During normal business hours, visit the lobby at the Texas Street entrance of First Presbyterian Church-Midland, at the northwest corner of Texas and A streets, on the west side of downtown Midland. You can give the gift of mobility. The cost of $72.00 is a bargain to us ... but it is a life-changing gift to impoverished and disabled recipients ... and there are times when your contribution will be matched, reaching not one - but TWO, and sometimes FOUR recipients. Please note on your check "Wheelchair Gift."
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