Mobility

Self Reliance Through a Wheelchair

Another Self Sustaining Program Salima, Malawi …The success of the Malawi Project to procure needed supplies, and to distribute them throughout Malawi has been a great success story. Governments, corporations, small businesses, not for profit organizations, churches and innumerable individuals have come together to make it happen. When these shipments reach Malawi, with hardships unrecognizable …

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Impact of a Single Wheelchair

Thondwe, Malawi…  As we returned from a fact finding trip to Ntonda Primary School, we met a 12 year-old boy waving from a wheelchair we recognized as having been distributed through the Malawi Project, Namikango Mission,  the Free Wheelchair Mission, and many of you.  Meet Earnest Makadyera – Earnest now attends school regularly and wants to …

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Florence is a Shining Gem as She Approaches 90

Age is No Restraint from Serving Pensacola, Florida … On a warm, sunny, fall afternoon she sat in her living room, clutching a hand-made wire galimoto, and described how this gift had been given to her, by Malawi children, because of what she learned, and did, after reading about a wheelchair organization helping third world …

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More Wheelchairs for Malawi

Irvine, California … During the past few years a strong link has been established between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California. The result has been over 2,200 wheelchairs shipped and distributed to handicapped people in all three regions of the country. This has taken place through an extensive network of …

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I’ve Had a Painful Day

“The most painful part of my work is telling children like Fredson we do not have wheelchairs, then watching them crawl away – helplessly.” Wilson Isaac Tembo I met a 9-year-old village boy who has a burning desire to be educated and crawls to school.  Fredson Mtentha of Nkanda Village is the boy, and  he …

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Lilongwe Minister Receives Wheelchair

Lilongwe, Malawi … Mr. Makhuwila is a religious leader on the northwest side of the City of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Recently he lost the use of his legs. Even though he lives in the largest city in this poverty-ravished nation it does not help him get around in order to carry out his …

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Wheelchair Inventory Depleted

Thondwe, Malawi … During the past five years a joint working relationship between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission in Irvine, California has resulted in the successful shipment and distribution of 2,200 wheelchairs to Malawi. Wheelchairs have been distributed into all three regions of the nation, and have reached villages, hospitals, prisons, churches, …

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Right Day, Right Bus

I was on the way from the Namikango Mission to Thyolo. I got out of the truck that had given me a ride, and almost immediately a minibus stopped directly in front of me. The conductor asked where I was going. This bus was going the same direction. I was not in a hurry to …

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What Does it Mean to Wait?

Report after report show the success stories of those who have received wheelchairs as a result of the cooperation between the Malawi Project and the Free Wheelchair Mission. However, one must not forget those who are coming to the various sites hoping they too will experience what it means to have mobility again. The more …

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Brother and Sister Polio Victims Get Wheelchairs

Help Times Two Dedza, Malawi … Dosidedi Filiberito is the younger brother of Donesiya Filiberito of Nkutu Village, Traditional Authority Kamenya Gwaza in Dedza District. Dosidedi is about 30 years old while the sister, Donesiya is about 35 years old. Both were victims of polio within two years of birth, and have never walked during …

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