For 1 percent of the world’s population, mobility isn’t as simple as putting one foot in front of the other. An estimated 45 million people need but don’t have access to a wheelchair.
LDS Charities, the humanitarian arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, works with local organizations to donate tens of thousands of wheelchairs each year. See what skills recipients are taught that promote self-sufficiency and keep their new set of wheels rolling.
Rebecca StayJuly 21, 2015
The graphic shows a CHILD receiving a CHILDSIZED wheelchair. When we served our humanitarian mission last year, NO childsized chairs were being donated by the church. Has that changed or is the graphic wrong?