Fourteen-year-old Zablon lives with his parents and nine brothers and sisters in Tanzania. In addition to the typical trials of being a middle child, Zablon experiences pain when walking due to a deformity of his right shin bone, which has affected him since birth.
Zablon’s parents are farmers; they don’t earn enough to support the whole family as well as afford the surgery that Zablon needs to correct his shin and help prevent osteoarthritis as he grows older.
For $400, we can fund the surgery that will let Zablon walk pain-free like his peers and send him on his way pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor!
Fourteen-year-old Zablon lives with his parents and nine brothers and sisters in Tanzania. In addition to the typical trials of being a midd...
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Zablon received surgery to correct a deformity on his right shin bone and allow him to walk without pain.
Zablon’s surgery was a great success! While waiting for the wound to heal, he has a long leg cast. After the cast is removed, he will strengthen his leg with physical exercises. This active teenager cannot wait to start walking again.
“I’m looking forward to start going to school again next year,” he told our medical partners at African Mission Healthcare Foundation. The gift of functioning legs has put a huge smile on Zablon’s face. Your support helped this fourteen-year-old get back into the classroom to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor.
Zablon’s surgery was a great success! While waiting for the wound to heal, he has a long leg cast. After the cast is removed, he will streng...
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