From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “Worth the Wait”

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: “Worth the Wait”

Maria is a cute, fun-loving, 12-year-old girl in Guatemala.

She attends a school for children with disabilities, and among the subjects she studies is English, which she was keen to practice with a recent vision team.

Maria was born with one leg longer than the other, hindering her mobility. When she tries to walk, her leg becomes inflamed, often causing her to miss school. This, in turn, poses a challenge to her mother, Gilda, who must also manage getting another daughter to a different school while running a small shop ...

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