From @FWMission ...Friday Story: "Free to Enjoy the Sunshine Because of You"

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: "Free to Enjoy the Sunshine Because of You"

In a rural village just outside of Mianchi, China, 70-year-old Ruan Ying lives in government housing with her husband of 40 years and his ailing mother.

Ruan Ying and her family’s home is one without electricity or heat. During the winter, the temperature can get as low as 27° Fahrenheit. “It is very cold, but you just get used to it, it’s the only way to survive,” Ruan Ying told us when we visited her in her home.

Seven years ago, Ruan Ying suffered a stroke, losing her mobility and her independence, becoming confined her to her home ...

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