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 people who receive, the more the word gets out to others who come for assistance. George Banda, with KODO in Salima, recently took pictures and submitted this report that reflects the need not to grow complacent and believe the goal has been reached.
(1) “We had convened one of our field trips when a young man crawled over to where we were meeting and said to me, “I would have been at school now, but it is difficult for me because there is no one to carry me.’ He had come hoping to receive a wheelchair. We had given all of them to others.
(2) “Moments later another person arrived on the back of a barrowed bicycle hoping to receive a wheelchair.”
(4) “And finally came yet another man who had learned we had come to their village near Salima where our operations are based.”
Another trailer of wheelchairs is being prepared for shipment to Malawi. But in the meantime there are so many people watching in hopeful anticipation. Within the community of need they are still waiting.