Michael is a ten-year-old boy from Tanzania. He is the third born of four children, and his parents are subsistence farmers. The family lives near our medical partner’s care center, The Plaster House.
Michael’s legs have been progressively bending. His parents were referred to The Plaster House by a neighbor whose child was born with the same condition.
Michael was diagnosed with genu valgus, a condition in which the legs bend inward and the knees touch. On November 30, he began a treatment plan that includes surgery, casting, and physiotherapy. Now, his family needs help to pay his $940 medical bill.
“There are days his legs are too sore to go to school,” says Michael’s mother. “I will be happy if he can start going every day.”