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: "A Mile in Their Shoes"
Five-year-old Freddy lives with his father, mother, and 10-year-old brother in rural Costa Rica, where road access is limited, especially during the rainy season.
Freddy was born with cerebral palsy and other complications that left him without mobility. His mother takes care of him full-time while his father works the fields to provide for the family ...
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