This is Amisha, a seven-year-old girl from Nepal who is currently studying in grade two. Her father works in India to support the family back home while her mother works in the field and watches the cattle. The yield from the family fields is enough to support them for only three months of the year.
One day, Amisha was playing on a rope swing when it broke suddenly, and she landed on a rock. The fall fractured her left hand, leaving it swollen and painful. Amisha has been in pain ever since. Because of her hand’s condition, she is unable to attend school and needs constant help with daily activities like eating and getting dressed. In hopes of finding treatment for Amisha, her parents walked for five hours to visit Watsi’s medical partner, Possible.
For $195, orthopedic surgeons at Bayalpata Hospital will place metal rods, pins, or screws to set Amisha’s wrist in its correct position. With time and physical therapy, Amisha’s wrist will be healed, and she will no longer be in pain.
Amisha’s father shares with us, “I wish Amisha’s treatment happens soon.” Let’s support this family so that Amisha can regain her left hand function and return to school.