In the middle of December 2023, 7-year-old Graciana was exposed to an accident where she was severely burned on her stomach, both groins, the upper part of both thighs as well as her buttocks and back. In April 2024, Graciana was operated by Dr. Eriksen during his visit to KCMC, where her groin and thigh […]
At the beginning of April, Dr. Einar Eriksen spent one week in Moshi, where he joined the team at the Burn Unit at KCMC It was a valuable and busy stay where he operated 7 patients. All the patients had major wounds and injuries. Some patients were hospitalized with injuries that were several years old, […]
Invitation to Care4Burns Ordinary General Assembly 2024 🔥 Wednesday 3 April at 16.30-18, Copenhagen. Are you interested in development work? Do you want to make a difference for children with severe burns in Tanzania? Do you have good ideas or perhaps concrete experience in the field that you want to share? – so come along […]
After almost 2 years of hospitalization and countless operations, Veronica is finally on her feet ❤️ Veronica was admitted to KCMC hospital in July 2022 with burns on nearly 55% of her body, across her abdomen, thighs and parts of her chest. Now, what remains is to close her tracheostomy and retrain her walking function. […]
Janeth is 7 years old and was hospitalized after her clothes caught fire. She suffered 2nd degree burns on 45% of her body, on her stomach, thighs and arms. When such a large part of the body is burned, several skin transplants are needed over a long period. It is important that the individual areas […]
Thank you to everyone who has supported Care4Burn in 2023 ❤️ It has been an active and creative year with teaching and exchange between Tanzania and Ethiopia, patient treatments, documentary and premiere. All this would not have been possible without Your interest and support. Thank you for contributing in making a difference for children with […]
The Care4Burn documentary “The Forgotten” is online and can be viwed here. Burn injured patients in low- and middle-income countries are a big, forgotten patient group. They deserve our attention and help. With this realisation, I set out 15 years ago to try to make a positive difference for the quality of life for children […]
A profound Thank you to everyone that participated in Care4Burn’s charity event and premiere on the 28th of November at Odds and Ends We are deeply moved by your interest and support. Thank you for showing up and for giving your attention to burn injured children in Tanzania Without all of you we would not […]
Thank you Alex Rebolledo for donating your Birthday gift to Care4Burn 🎉 We are grateful and touched. Your generous donation of DKK 5,500 helps to improve the quality of life for several children with burn injuries in Tanzania and also increase the awareness of this forgotten patient group. Thank you 🌟 Together we can make […]
For the past month, Dr. Theresia Edward and nurse Christina Saria from the Burn Unit at KCMC hospital have been part of the Burn Unit at the MCM hospital in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia 🔥 Here they have gained lots of new knowledge and new experiences, which they can take home with them to Tanzania. […]
