From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “A Life Transformed, Forever”

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 Life Transformed, Forever”

wezi, 55, is a husband and father who lives in western Uganda.

When he was a young child, he contracted polio, affecting his ability to walk on two feet. He has been walking on all fours ever since.

Kwezi makes a modest living by repairing shoes and could not afford to buy a wheelchair on such a limited income.

Not only did Kwezi face challenges with mobility, but he also had to deal with the stigma. In some parts of Uganda, disability is seen as a curse and those living with disabilities are often shunned by others ...

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