By Julian Martinez | Leader of Communications
We are happy to tell you that Mahavir Kmina is celebrating 10 years of work for the benefit of lower limb amputees. In this decade, the Corporation has benefited more than 3.400 human beings with completely free leg prostheses. Although most of them are Colombian, our cause has impacted eight other countries in Latin America.
As part of the activities we planned to celebrate this historic milestone, we decided to visit some of our beneficiaries at their homes to have a conversation and prepare some stories to make the public knowledge. One of the most impressive was that of Matias, a four-year-old boy who lives as cheerful and energetic as any other child, despite the fact that he was amputated from one of his legs when he was not yet aware of himself.
Matias enjoys doing many of the things that other children do in Colombia: he likes to go to the playground with his friends, play soccer and swim. Besides, he just started going to school and we know that, for now, he will have no problem.
“We are immensely grateful with Mahavir Kmina and its donors because they are allowing us to give another horizon to Matias' life. With the prosthetics they donate us, our son has a normal and happy life. Matias not only walks, he also runs, jumps, plays and does all kinds of physical activities that we never imagined he could perform”, said Joanna, Matia’s mom.
Mahavir Kmina has donated prostheses to Matias since he was two years old, so it is especially pleasing for us to witness his great evolution. On the other hand, the prosthesis he is using today will be short in some months, but Mahavir Kmina will be present to donate him a new one.
With your support, Matias has a dignified and happy life. But if we want to continue impacting the lives of more amputee children in Colombia, we must work much more. Therefore, please consider the possibility of being a recurring donor to our cause and contribute even more to improve the lives of children with the same condition of Matthias.
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