Mission

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) is a faith based organization based in Irvine, California. Its mission is to transform lives through the gift of mobility to the physically disabled poor in developing countries as motivated by Jesus Christ. Its vision is to dispense the wheelchairs at no cost to the physically disabled poor in developing countries on a non-discriminatory basis. The wheelchair uses simple common parts, easily assembled with little instruction, and the components nest together efficiently insuring modest shipping costs. The average cost to manufacture, ship and distribute a wheelchair is under $52.