From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “Free to Go Where I Want”

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 Go Where I Want”

Darcy (10) is the third of eight children. They live with their loving parents in the hills of rural Burundi.

When Darcy was four years old, his legs were amputated after tumors were found on them. He has never had any mobility aids, so his mother would carry him to school each day.

He loves school and is in the fourth grade. But without a wheelchair, Darcy couldn’t go outside with his friends unless someone was able to carry him.

Sometimes, Darcy would be left inside, watching his friends through the window while they played ...

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