By AJ Warco | Director of Programs
Seyha has been a patient of ALTSO since 2011. Playing in rural Cambodia, Seyah suffered an injury at age 4 that led to serious infection that threatened her life. The only option was to amputate the infection which covered her left leg below the knee. When we met Seyha, she was 9 years old and her parents were still attempting to save the money necessary to buy her first prosthetic limb.
After her accident Seyha was shy and embarrassed of the way she looked - and her family feared she’d never recover physically or emotionally.
Now, having received more than 10 prosthetics through ALTSO’s programs, Seyha is confident, and studious. She enjoys history and hopes to one day become a pharmacist.
We know that for a child with an untreated limb disability mobility can change everything. Mobility is empowerment, dignity and hope - it is access to education and future employment, increased self-esteem and inclusion in society. To a patient with an untreated limb disability, mobility is so much more than movement.
Thank you for your committement to transforming lives like those of Seyha.
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