From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “I Don’t Need to Be Helped Anymore”

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: “I Don’t Need to Be Helped Anymore”

Kaley Tamang is a 55-year-old man who lives with his wife, Kali, and his father in the mountains of Nepal. Together, they earn a living by operating a small grocery stand.

When he was 29 years old, Kaley suffered a stroke that left him unable to feel anything on the right side of his body. His father would take care of his daily needs, carrying him to the bathroom and other places because Kaley did not have any mobility aids.

Sometimes, his wife would carry him, and sometimes, he would crawl to get from place to place.

This went on for more than 26 years. ...

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