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: “You Helped Make This Happen in February”
Wheelchair Arrivals
Your generosity sent eight containers of wheelchairs to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eswatini, India, Nicaragua, and Uganda in February. Soon, 4,032 lives will be transformed by the gift of mobility in these places, thanks to friends like you.
Presenting at a Global Conference
Regional Program Manager Tess Stansbury (above) presented at the 2023 Virtual Global African Disability Conference, hosted by the African Association of Disability and Self Advocacy Organizations. The conference highlighted strategies for engaging and building partnerships with organizations of people with disabilities in Africa.
Training Partners in South Sudan
Regional Program Coordinators James Keitany (above, right) and Thatiana Morataya led a successful remote training session for our network of distribution partners in South Sudan. All of our partners receive training on how to assemble our wheelchairs, assess potential recipients, adjust the wheelchairs for a custom fit, and train recipients on correct wheelchair use.
Kids Transforming Lives in Hours
Lindsay Binder is a teacher and Free Wheelchair Mission ambassador in Louisiana. When her students at Saint Margaret Mary School heard about the need for mobility around the world, they wanted to do something to help. They set up a stand to sell lemonade and brownies, raising enough money for five wheelchairs in just two hours!
Would anyone you know like to start a lemonade stand fundraiser?
Download printable signs and posters here ...
Save the Date: 2023 Miracle of Mobility
Important Change: September 2023 • In-person and Live-streamed
Miracle of Mobility, our annual event to raise funds to provide life-changing mobility in developing countries, features musical performances, interactive ways to participate, and heartening messages from friends around the world, including opportunities to virtually meet wheelchair recipients.
This year, Miracle of Mobility will be held in-person in Orange County, California on Friday, September 29, 2023, with other regional events currently being planned.
Miracle of Mobility will also be livestreamed sometime in September 2023.
Check MiracleofMobility.org for updates!
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