There is no NHS in Uganda. We fund the surgery of children with life limiting conditions; from orthopedic conditions such as genu valgum or osteomyelitis, plastic surgery for severe burns, or life saving surgery for hydrocephalus. Costs for these medical interventions would be otherwise unaffordable for the families.
When a child is born with a physical (but operable) disability, they may suffer with it up to adulthood and beyond, purely because they can’t afford the surgery needed. It is a terrible shame that often a simple surgery could change a child’s whole life and prospects and yet they don’t/can’t have it.
The Project will step in to provide a means by which children can access surgery where they otherwise wouldn’t. Surgery will provide huge benefit to the child. Some may have been experiencing social stigma, isolation or rejection, and others may not have been able to yet attend school due to their physical limitations and the school’s proximity or accessibility.
The Project works with some of the best orthopedic hospitals and surgeons in the country, so quality of treatment is guaranteed.
Why?
To offer children the chance to receive life changing surgery which they would otherwise not be able to access due to lack of resources
To offer children a life free from the stigma of conditions which are easily corrected
To improve the physical ability of children, which may enable some to access education for the first time
To enhance the quality of life and wellbeing of the children being treated. Many will go from not/never being able to walk, to being able to walk; or from having limited mobility to having fully functioning limbs.
Partners
We partner with some of the best hospitals in Uganda; from Kisizi Hospital here in Rukungiri District, to CORSU Hospital and Entebbe Children's Surgical Hospital, to CURE Hospital in Mbale.
We are so thankful to our partners for working with so much care and diligence on our children, leading to successful outcomes for all.
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Baby Temple: severe deformity, post amputation, and finally, after prosthetic limb at CORSU Hospital!
