Success! Lazaro from Tanzania raised $935 to fund clubfoot treatment.

Lazaro
$935
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Lazaro's treatment was fully funded on December 20, 2020.
  • Lazaro's story
  • Lazaro's update
August 10, 2020

Photo of Lazaro post-operation

October 17, 2020

Lazaro underwent clubfoot treatment.

Lazaro’s manipulation and casting is going on well and his left foot, which had clubfoot, is showing a good score after every cast change. H...

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Lazaro's Timeline

  • August 10, 2020
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Lazaro was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, Curative Medical Support Program-Partner Representative at African Mission Healthcare.

  • August 11, 2020
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Lazaro 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 11, 2020
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Lazaro's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • October 17, 2020
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Lazaro's treatment was successful. Read the update.

  • December 20, 2020
    FULLY FUNDED

    Lazaro's treatment was fully funded.

Funded by 15 donors

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Alazar is a sweet boy from Ethiopia. He is the seventh child in his family. Five of the children are girls and two are boys. He loves to sing songs, go to church, try martial arts, and drink juice. His dad is diabetic and his condition causes him to faint often. He has government health insurance and gets treatment in a local government hospital. Because of his condition, Alazar's dad cannot work. His mom makes traditional bread and sells it on the street to feed her children. She makes her bread by firewood and this makes it hard for her to always have the smoke of the wood making the bread. She is the only one who works for income in their family, but her older children help with housework. They bring water from the spring carrying it on their back. She proudly sends all her children to school. Alazar underwent an earlier colostomy, in which the end of the colon is brought through an opening in the abdominal wall. This surgery is often performed to bypass bowel malformations, but colostomies are usually temporary and may call for closure. In Alazar's case, his colostomy requires closure in order to restore bowel function and prevent future complications. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,009 to cover the cost of a colostomy closure for Alazar. The surgery is scheduled to take place on January 9th and, once completed, will hopefully allow him to live more comfortably and confidently. Alazar's mom said: “After he gets the treatment and heals I will praise my Lord. I will tell everyone who knows me about the hand of God. I did ask God ‘to heal my baby. You gave me this child; don’t take it away from me. I always cry and pray.’ I hope God has heard my prayer leading me to you. I will go to my church and testify what God did to all community in the church.”

$431raised
$578to go