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 Common Sight With a Twist”
A common sight in the highlands of Guatemala is mothers in traditional dress, carrying their infants or small toddlers on their backs, tied securely in colorful cloth.
This is how Gerber and his mother arrived at a wheelchair distribution earlier this spring. However, Gerber is no toddler—he is 17 years old ...
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