Physical Health Ethiopia Project #21101

Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia

by Touch the Nations

Project Report | Dec 4, 2015
Changing one life at a time

By Carrie Theisen | Project Leader

We strive to change the lives of Ethiopian children who need surgical intervention but whose families do not have the means to pay for it. Here are the stories of two of the children who have been helped by your gifts:

Terefe is 18 years old. She has suffered all her life with urine and stool incontenance due to a perforated anus. Terefe has had five operations over the past 10 months. She is now contenant after complete surgical recovery and is healing from the social trauma she experienced.
Berket had a huge mass on her chest, pushing into her liver and extending to her abdomen. Other in-country surgeons had previously tried to operate on this mass, but the surgeries were not successful and Berket almost died. Our doctors operated on her to remove the mass, and the surgery was successful. Berket is now enjoying a smooth postoperative course

Thank you again for your generous donations to help children like Terefe and Berket.

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