Donate a prostheses to Yerick

A microproject by Mahavir Kmina Artificial Limb Center
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick
Donate a prostheses to Yerick

Project Report | Dec 1, 2015
With your help Yerick gave his firts steps!

By Maria Camila Posada | Project Leader

He needed some help the first time to walk
He needed some help the first time to walk

¨Come grandma, look my new leg¨ said Yerick to his grandmother when he got his prosthesis in Mahavir Kmina. His grandmother was so amazed and couldn´t believe what she was seeing, Yerick walking for the very first time. 

With a little help Yerick was taking his first steps that will take him far in life. His grandma was surprised, excited and even crying out of happiness. 

Yerick´s mother suffered and infection when she was pregnant and Yerick was born with one leg shorter than the other, but this didn´t mean he wasn´t able to do all the activities that he wanted, he has always been a happy and active kid, playing around, making jokes and surprising his family.

And now, with his new leg that you gave him he is more capable of doing things in life and he is going to grow up independently. Even though at the beginning it was hard to walk with the prosthesis, after practicing, falling and trying really hard Yerick succeded and left our city with a new possibility of making a greater life. We gave him a prosthesis, the tool he needed to be complete and feel like the happiest kid on earth. 

Like Yerick we have so many kids in Colombia that still need our help, they need a prosthesis so they can go to school, play with her friends and enjoy life as they should. 

We take this chance to say thank you for your help, Yerick´s family now is in peace and happiness due to your help, now he will learn to swim and will play hide and seek with his grandma, and will always win.

We also want to invite you to spread this happiness and joy all over Colombia, and use the different opportunities you have to help us,  like this christmas, a time full of giving and love, a chance to donate in someone´s name as a proof of solidariy, sharing and loving. 

Thank you for support through this year of work, full of experiences, new chances in life and children walking to have a happy life!

Thank you and have yourself a life full of blessings and love!!

Grandma is my best friend!
Grandma is my best friend!
A little leg to take big steps!
A little leg to take big steps!
Looking for the perfect fit
Looking for the perfect fit
Playing and practicing with his prosthesis
Playing and practicing with his prosthesis
What a wonderful smile!
What a wonderful smile!
Making new friends and having fun
Making new friends and having fun
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Organization Information

Mahavir Kmina Artificial Limb Center

Location: La Estrella, Antioquia - Colombia
Website:
Mahavir Kmina Artificial Limb Center
Juan Rodrigo Mejia
Project Leader:
Juan Rodrigo Mejia
Executive Director
Itagui , Antioquia Colombia

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