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: "Why Does He Need Another Wheelchair?"
José lives in a seaside village along the Pacific coast of Ecuador.
Every morning since he was 12 years old, José would head out to sea on a fishing boat to earn a living, having learned the trade from his father and grandfather.
He was working hard to provide for his wife and children when, one day, violent waves pummeled his boat, causing a spinal injury that left him immobilized ...
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