“Mamita is a keen student,” shares her mother. Mamita, a 13-year-old girl from Nepal, lives with her mother, one older sister, and one younger sister. While she enjoys school, Mamita has recently stopped attending due to a broken arm.
“Mamita was walking down the stairs with her clothes, towel, and shampoo to go bathe in the river when she slipped and fell down,” says our medical partner, Possible. “The accident caused her to fracture her left arm. She has been in a lot of pain since and the area of injury has swollen, looks tender, and is slightly deformed.”
In addition to her studies, Mamita looks after the cattle on her family’s farm and watches her younger sister. “Her father works in India to support the family back home while her mother tends to the farm to keep the family going,” says Possible.
Mamita’s tasks at home are made difficult by her fractured arm, and she requires surgery to correct the injury. For $579, Mamita will undergo surgery to align the fractured bones and secure them with pins to ensure that they heal properly.
After her procedure, Mamita can return to school and to her duties at home without the pain and swelling that have been holding her back. “I wish for her treatment to happen early so that she can return home, to school and to a normal life again,” says Mamita’s mother.
