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: “Peace of Mind”
Thanh lives in the hills of northern Vietnam, where craggy rock formations jut through lush green rice fields to rip a jagged skyline.
He was born there 65 years ago. There, he met a lovely woman named Nhung. They got married, had two children, and made a living as farmers.
Last year, Thanh suffered a stroke that left him with paralysis on his right side. He can no longer speak, and he is barely able to swallow food anymore ...
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