PROSTHETIC CANDIDATES
Serge Alcine
Serge was 14 in 2010 when an earthquake struck his home in Haiti. During the earthquake, a wall in his home collapsed, smashing his right hand. Because his home was located a far distance from a hospital, he was not able to get treatment for several days and developed an infection in his fingers. By the time was able to get to a hospital, they had to amputate his arm in order to prevent the spread of infection. After losing his hand, Serge lost his job picking cotton on a cotton plantation. Now, Serge is 18 years old, unemployed and unable to find a job due to his physical condition.
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Gladys Sundi
One year ago, fifteen year old Gladys and her siblings were walking to school near the town of Muconda, Angola when someone nearby triggered a land mine that had been planted by local militants. Although Gladys and her siblings all survived the explosion, Gladys was lost her hand in the explosion. Although she has adapted to life without use of her right hand, she struggles with basic daily activities, ranging from keeping up with school work to helping her mother care for her younger siblings.
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Aabir Buzdar
Twelve years ago, 34-year-old Aabir was hitching a ride on a truck that was transporting large building materials when the driver lost control, throwing Aabir from the truck. Aabir lost his right arm just above the wrist. Aabir still lives in a rural Pakistani village with his wife and three children. Although he is young and healthy, he is not employable because members of his community consider him inferior for not having two hands. Although Aabir was offered a free prosthetic from an American company, he refused to accept it because it did not resemble a hand and he was concerned that the community would treat him more unfairly if he wore it.
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Luisa Ortiz Diaz
Luisa, 37, of Managua, Nicaragua, has had a difficult life. At age 15, she was injured when she was hit by a pickup truck. At age 25, her ex-husband attacked her and her eldest daughter Corina with a machete. This attack left her with scars across her nose and mouth, and she lost her left arm. With only one arm, Luisa struggles to care for her family, which includes her children, aged 17, 12 and 5, as well as her infant granddaughter. Luisa, who works as an assistant to a seamstress, would like to use a prosthetic so that she could do more work and earn more money, but the cost of a prosthetic is more than a year's wages.
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Joey Jacobson
Eight-year-old Joey lives with his family in rural Alabama. While he was a fetus, his umbilical cord became wrapped around his arm, cutting off the circulation and preventing his right arm from developing. When he was born, he was born with a stubbed arm, meaning he had a partial arm below his elbow, but no hand. Joey's parents are both unemployed and live in a small house where they often cannot afford to pay for water or electricity. His family does not have insurance, and are not able to afford a prosthetic. Joey has learned to be left-handed and is able to do many everyday things, but struggles in school, especially in PE where he is often excluded from sports teams due to physical abnormality.
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reasonsnoprosthetics.xlsx | |
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prostheticstats.xlsx | |
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Barry Stevens
While serving as a marine in Afghanistan, Barry was injured when an IED exploded near a jeep he was riding while conducting a security sweep. Barry lost his left hand and forearm in the explosion, and received an honorable discharge after having served for more than 8 years. After returning to the states, Barry suffered from PTSD, and was not able to hold down a job. He and his wife got divorced two years ago, and he was arrested for drunken driving. Now, Barry is sober but living on the streets and struggling to get by. He has been searching for a job, but most of the jobs he finds require heavy labor. Although he receives some medical benefits from his military service, he does not have easy access to the Veterans hospital, and is on a long wait-list for an expensive prosthetic that he cannot currently afford.
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