Fundamental support to burn injured patients and their families is now a reality!
In 2020 Care4Burn have worked intensively to establish an agreement with the Executive Board at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi Tanzania to sponsor imperative surgeries for children whose families do not have the financial resources for surgical treatment themselves.
Due to lack of financial resources, many children end up staying at the hospital waiting for surgical treatment for weeks, months and years. Often, this waiting time and lack of treatment leads to shortened life expectancy or a severe disability.
An operation costs approximately 700 Danish kroner and burn injured patients require an average of 1-3 operations, depending on the injury and the size of the burn.
Children who are assessed as eligible for support from Care4Burn are included on an ongoing basis, both through the hospital ‘social welfare system’ and through a medical assessment.
Elementary but crucial surgical operations can prevent these children from being disabled for the rest of their lives and instead grow up with their families and live a well-functioning life.
The agreement has now been signed and we are ready to start!
