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: "Empowering a Can-Do Spirit"
Despite the challenges she has faced since birth, Huiyu, a 15-year-old girl in Xinyang City, China, is ever cheerful.
She was born with a tumor, and although she has undergone several surgeries throughout her childhood, the tumor continues to constrict her nerves, preventing her from being able to stand up.
Yet, Huiyu remains optimistic ...
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