“I am a sports enthusiast,” shares Lokendra. “I love playing football and volleyball the most. In my village, my friends and I have made a team, and we play every evening.”
Lokendra is a 14-year-old boy living in Nepal with his mother, younger brother, and younger sister. Lokendra’s father resides and works in a restaurant in India. According to our medical partner, Possible, “Lokendra helps cook the evening meal, graze the cattle, and collects fodder for the livestock.”
“Lokendra was climbing a tree on his way to school when he lost his balance,” Possible explains. “He then fractured a bone in his left forearm.” His injury is so painful, Possible continues, that Lokendra needs help doing daily tasks and “cannot go to school anymore because of the injury.” It also prevents him from spending time with his friends playing sports.
$579 covers the cost of an orthopedic repair for Lokendra’s fracture. “Lokendra’s fractured bones will be aligned and secured with the help of pins,” Possible details. “The area of injury will then be plastered to prevent the movement of bones.” Treatment and proper recovery will allow Lokendra to move about and return to all of the activities that he could do before his injury.
