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Meet Dassi
03/08/2018 IN
Our youngest prosthetics recipient at Bafut Rehabilitation Centre.
When Treana met Dassi , he was shy and tentative. Only six years old, he is the youngest person at Bafut to receive a prosthetic leg thanks to your support. Dassi broke his ankle last year when a friend crashed into him while learning to ride a bike. Because Dassi ’s family couldn’t afford medical care, this small break in his ankle became a raging infection that required the amputation of his leg at the knee.
Dassi’s life was put on hold after the accident. He withdrew from his friends and became depressed as he watched the world go by from the sidelines.
Treana witnessed a transformation in Dassi the day he received his prosthetic leg. He was very quiet as our team fit the leg to his body – not asking questions or making comments – he simply watched. Once he was standing, a smile spread across Dassi’s face and his eyes lit up. In that moment Treana saw a different Dassi – one who was hopeful and enthusiastic. She realized that this wasn’t just about giving a boy a leg; it was giving him back his life.
You are unstoppable, little man.
If you'd like to support Dassi or others like him, please make a contribution to this campaign. Any amounts raised above the campaign goal will be directed to another child who needs significant additional care - just like Dassi.
About Bafut Rehabilitation Centre
The patients at Bafut Rehabilitation Centre are predominately children.
Many have lost limbs through trauma or disease, have cerebral palsy, physical disabilities, or birth defects due to nutritional deficiencies.They and their families travel from around the country, desperate for life-changing treatment, equipment and training.
Walking into the centre, Treana and her team immediately recognized the remarkable work being done by exceptional people, especially considering the conditions in which they are doing it.
In a country that lacks any social services,
Bafut changes
the lives of people who have often
been completely unsupported
until that point.
Physical disability is a challenge anywhere, but in a country like Cameroon it can be a life sentence. By offering specialized surgery, equipment such as braces or prosthetics, and intensive physical therapy, many people leave the facility able to walk for the first time and rejoin society in a meaningful way – their lives are quite literally transformed.
Bafut also provides vocational training and jobs, such as building prosthetics. These opportunities help to create a livelihood and the ability to live independently.
The staff is working in a modest space using extremely old and limited supplies, and progress is very slow, which prevents more people from being treated. Patients are required to pay for the services, treatments and equipment they receive. By our standards these payments look small, but in reality only the luckiest Cameroonians can afford treatment.
Bafut is an amazing place, making the most out of very
little,
but there are significant gaps that your donations can
help fill.
100% of all donations will go directly to improving the lives of children and adults at Bafut who are currently forgotten by society. Your donation will ensure they receive life-altering treatments, improved equipment and enhanced support.
Donate today.
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