August 10, 2020
Gladness is a two-month-old baby girl from Tanzania and the last born in a family of two children. Both parents depend on small-scale farming for a living and their income is very limited.
Gladness has clubfoot of both feet. Clubfoot is a condition in which the foot is twisted out of shape. This causes difficulty walking and even wearing shoes.
Fortunately, Gladness traveled to visit our medical partner’s care center, Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre. There, surgeons will perform clubfoot repair surgery on August 11th. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $935 to fund Gladness’s clubfoot repair. After treatment, she will be able to walk easily and wear shoes.
Gladness’ mother shared: “Please help us, our daughter needs this treatment but the cost is too high for us to afford.”
Gladness is a two-month-old baby girl from Tanzania and the last born in a family of two children. Both parents depend on small-scale farmin...
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October 17, 2020
Gladness underwent clubfoot treatment.
Gladness’s treatment of manipulation and casting is going well helping correct both of her feet, which had clubfoot. She is currently on the third cast change and showing a great score every cast change. Through this treatment, Gladness will grow up without knowing she was ever disabled. She will also learn how to walk with ease like other children, something that would have been very challenging if she didn’t receive this treatment.
Gladness’ mother says, “If it was not for your help in funding my daughter’s treatment costs we wouldn’t have afforded the treatment cost and our daughter would have grown up disabled. Thank you very much.”
Gladness’s treatment of manipulation and casting is going well helping correct both of her feet, which had clubfoot. She is currently on the...
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