Success! Frehiza from Tanzania raised $890 to fund a clubfoot correction procedure.

Frehiza
$890
raised
$0
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Fully funded
Frehiza's treatment was fully funded on November 13, 2017.
  • Frehiza's story
  • Frehiza's update
July 10, 2017

Photo of Frehiza post-operation

August 22, 2017

Frehiza underwent a clubfoot correction procedure.

Frehiza’s treatment is going well, and he is in his second week of manipulation and casting of his left leg. This treatment will help Frehiz...

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Frehiza's Timeline

  • July 10, 2017
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Frehiza was submitted by Robert Kariuki, Process Coordinator at African Mission Healthcare.

  • July 11, 2017
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Frehiza received treatment at Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre (ALMC) in Tanzania. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.

  • August 22, 2017
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Frehiza's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • August 22, 2017
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Frehiza's treatment was successful. Read the update.

  • November 13, 2017
    FULLY FUNDED

    Frehiza's treatment was fully funded.

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Nan is a 50-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. Nan's and his wife have eight children. Four still live at home - one son works in the rice paddies with his parents, and the three youngest children are still in school. His four older children are married but visit the family frequently. Last February, when Nan was on his way home on his motorbike during a rainstorm, he suddenly lost control of the bike on the muddy road. He fractured his left femur, but could not afford to visit the clinic, so he was treated by a Khmer traditional healer. His fractured femur has still not healed. When a bone fracture is untreated, the bone doesn't heal at all, which means that it will remain broken. As a result, Nan continues to have swelling, tenderness, and pain that has worsened over the past ten months. It is difficult for him to walk and he is in constant pain. Nan is embarrassed because he cannot work outside with his wife and son or help to feed his family. Fortunately, surgeons at our medical partner Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) can help. On December 11th, Nan will undergo a fracture repair procedure, which will cost $483. This procedure will fixate his unhealed fracture with an orthopedic nail to help to heal the bone and allow him to walk again. Nan is able to contribute towards the cost of surgery and needs help raising the remaining to fund his procedure. He said, "I hope to be able to walk again after my operation, so I can work to feed my family and send my younger children to school."

$123raised
$360to go