Charity de jour: wheelchairs

A reader gave me a heads up about Free Wheelchair Mission, which gives a new wheelchair to poor disabled people in developing countries for $48.35 each. They don't distribute chairs in the US because the liability insurance is so high, whereas it costs them just a few thousand dollars abroad. Their stated mission is to "transform lives through the gift of mobility to the physically disabled poor in developing countries as motivated by Jesus Christ.” A mechanical engineer named Don Schoendorfer designed the cheap, durable chair after seeing a crippled woman crawling through the dirt in Morocco in 1999. Donations are tax deductible. Thanks, Geri!