Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia

by Touch the Nations
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia
Provide Surgery for Children in Ethiopia

Project Report | Mar 15, 2016
Recent Surgeries in Ethiopia

By Carrie Theisen | TTN Project Leader

Besha
Besha

Thank you so much for your generous donations to provide surgery for children in Ethiopia!  Here are two recent stores of people who were helped through your generosity:

  • Besha is a young women who suffered from a condition called ARM (Anorectal Malformations), which causes urine and stool inconsistency. She was sad and desperate her whole life because of this condition, and most recently because she lost her parents and brother. The social stigma on patients with ARM is very high, and Besha could not go to school or get a job to afford her medical bills.  Thanks to your donations, we were able to provide surgery for Besha on February 22, 2016. She is now recovering from her surgery, where her malformations were repaired so that she is now urine and stool continent. Besha is now full of hope and thankful for all who helped her in the processes of getting her the treatment. She is thankful for the love and care she was receiving in the hospital, and is especially thankful for the sponsors who covered her bill.
  • When Manendene was six months old, he became very ill.  His parents, Tegege and Foziya, took him to doctors and discovered that he has kidney cancer.  They were very worried  as they both work in a factory and their monthly income is too low to cover the medical bills for little Manendene.  They could not find a way to get him treatment, until they heard about the partnership between Touch the Nations and Bethany Kids which provides surgical treatment at little to no cost for children whose families can't otherwise afford it.  Now because of your generous donations he can get the treatment successfully. We are so thankful to be able to provide our patients this privilege.

To help more young people like Besha and Manendene, please consider donating to this cause.  

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Touch the Nations

Location: Omaha, NE - USA
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Mariah Seigel
Project Leader:
Mariah Seigel
Omaha , NE United States

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