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 Lifted Up"
In a small village in Luanchuan County, China lives a woman named Qinge (pronounced “chin-gey”), who prides herself in hard work.
Qinge dedicated many years of her life to intense physical labor that slowly took its toll on her. Unable to afford basic healthcare, Qinge did not seek treatment when her legs slowly began to weaken under the strain. She eventually lost mobility at 30 years of age, leaving her unable to work and provide for her family ...
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