From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “Richsrdson's Story”

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: “Richanderson’s Story"

I’ll never forget meeting Richanderson, a brave and sweet seven-year-old boy

It was during an expedition to deliver wheelchairs to indigenous people living with disabilities in some of Brazil’s most remote villages. A woman meets a seven-year-old indigenous boy in Brazil, who is sitting in front of his home with his dog.

Richanderson’s life has been full of challenges. Born prematurely, he was diagnosed with a condition that would prevent him from ever walking. His mother now spends almost all her time caring for him, along with her two-year-old daughter and elderly mother ...

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