Dipendra is 12. He studies in class six at his local public school and his favorite class is Nepali language. Whenever he has time, Dipendra enjoys playing football with his friends.
“Dipendra tried to break a mud vessel as a part of a ceremony in his village when he developed a sharp pain in the left elbow,” our medical partner, Possible, writes. “The elbow is swollen as well. Dipendra can not move his arm. He cannot put clothes on and cannot go to the school. He cannot sleep properly.”
Dipendra’s family does not own enough land to support their entire family, so Dipendra’s father travels to India to work as a laborer. They need our support to pay for the $205 cast Dipendra needs to regain function in his injured elbow and allow him to return to school.