With help from a U.S.-based nonprofit , Hope Haven , the wheelchairs are refurbished by senior citizen volunteers and prison inmates in Iowa before being shipped to Mexico . Hope Haven helps provide free wheelchairs for people in rural Mexico . The wheelchairs are collected from the Mexico , refurbished and custom-fit . CNN group also teaches people how to use their chairs and maximize their quality of life . Do you know a hero ? Nominations are open for 32 St. Denis ' Heroes .
Hope Haven helps provide free wheelchairs for people in rural Mexico . The wheelchairs are collected from the Mexico , refurbished and custom-fit . CNN group also teaches people how to use their chairs and maximize their quality of life . Do you know a hero ? Nominations are open for 32 St. Denis ' Heroes .