From @FWMission ...Friday Story: "The Story Behind that Infectious Smile"

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: "The Story Behind that Infectious Smile"

Our executive director, Nuka Solomon, recently returned from Haiti, where she connected with our local distribution partners.

This trip was especially meaningful, as Nuka has roots in Haiti.

There, she met a 14-year-old boy named Grégoire. The youngest of four boys, Grégoire is gentle and sweet, although his mother made it a point to say that he is “actually a little rascal at home.” Grégoire was seriously injured during the 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti—as he was attempting to flee his home during the violent, magnitude-7.0 tremor, a column fell and crushed his leg ...

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