“Samuel is a strong and active two-and-a-half-year-old boy from Tanzania,” shares our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). “He likes to run around with other children, kicking balls and singing Sunday school songs. He is the third-born in a family of three children. Samuel likes to spend most of his time at his grandma’s house. Samuel’s mother, a widow, works very hard to take care of her children. She buys and sells green vegetables at an open market in their village.”
“Samuel was born with congenital deformity of the left foot that is making him use the lateral aspect of his left foot for walking, which is painful and has affected his gait,” AMHF continues. “If not treated, Samuel will be at high risk of developing osteoarthritis at an early age, limiting him from performing daily activities efficiently.”
“My son walks with difficulties and he cannot wear shoes like his siblings,” Samuel’s mother tells us. “My hope is for him to be able to walk properly, wear shoes and grow up like the rest of my children, and have an opportunity to go to school.”
Doctors at AMHF can treat Samuel’s clubfoot for $1,160, allowing him to wear shoes and start going to school when the time comes.
