From @FWMission ...Friday Story: “I want to help them”

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: “I want to help them”

Nelson is a 48-year-old father who has lived with a disability since the age of four, when his legs were crushed in an automobile accident.

He lives in the countryside with his three teenage children, supporting them by operating a simple barber shop out of his home. “(Schoolchildren) cannot go to school with long hair,” said Nelson, explaining how this rule helps ensure a steady but modest income.

His earnings, however, were still not enough for him to buy a new wheelchair ...

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