Current Appeal – Disability – Nepal

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Kajal and Omkar’s father has known a lifetime of pain, prejudice and poverty…

You can spare Kajal and Omkar the same future by sending your life-changing gift to help children with disabilities in the world’s poorest places.

“Come to Me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28

Just like any 7-year-old girl, Kajal comes up with an exciting new dream just about every day!

It’ll warm your heart to hear what her father Babulal says with a smile…

“Sometimes when she comes home from school, she says to me, ‘Father, I want to become a doctor’ and some days she says she wants to join the police.”

But the honest truth – which Kajal’s father Babulal knows only too well – is that she will never get the chance to realise her dreams, unless someone like you makes the surgery she needs possible.

Your gift today will be a true blessing, bringing new life and hope to someone like Kajal, before it’s too late.

You’re probably wondering why Kajal stands the way she does.

It’s because she was born with bowlegs.

She lives in a remote region of Nepal where treatment for conditions like bowlegs isn’t readily available. And even if it was, her family couldn’t afford it.

And unfortunately, Kajal is not the only one in her family who knows first-hand the pain and prejudice of living with severe bowlegs.

Her father Babulal was born with the same condition. And Kajal’s 5-year-old brother, Omkar, too.

In fact, this hereditary condition has affected this family for generations.

As Babulal says…

“My father and I have the same condition as my children. But because of poverty and our poor economic condition we couldn’t have treatment and it is too late.”

Babulal shares how he felt when he found out both his children had bowlegs too…

“I was heartbroken because I have already faced the same issue. The pain, the stigma that’s attached and will follow… I suffer a lot by seeing their struggle.”

Can you imagine how heart wrenching it must be for Babulal to watch his precious children growing up with this debilitating condition, knowing full well what their future holds?

It might be too late for Babulal, but it’s not too late for children, like Kajal and Omkar… please will you help them overcome a lifetime of pain, prejudice and poverty by sending a life-changing gift of today.

Despite his own pain, Babulal works hard selling crops, doing everything he can just to put food on the table for his family.

As you can imagine, there is simply no extra money to pay for specialist medical treatment like the surgery Kajal and Omkar need.

As Babulal explains…

“We will not be able to afford treatment. With my condition I am unable to lift heavy loads or work more so it is hard to find suitable work and earn more money.”

So Kajal and Omkar wait… hoping their pain will end.

Will their future be filled with pain, heartbreak and stigma, like it was for their dad? Or will they get the chance to live their lives to the fullest?

In cases like this, it’s important children are able to access life-changing surgery, before it’s too late.

You see, early intervention is crucial. As Kajal and Omkar grow older, the odds of a successful surgical outcome is less likely.

It’s already too late for their father… but it’s not too late for his children.

Please will you prayerfully consider sending your transformational gift for children, like Kajal and little Omkar, to help them escape a future of pain, prejudice and poverty.

Your gift will help cbm-funded field workers find children through outreaches and mobile clinics, and will help provide life-changing orthopaedic devices, like specialised shoes, crutches, leg braces and walking frames. It will also help pay for vital surgery and rehabilitation to give children life-long freedom and movement.

Even now, cbm-funded field workers are looking for children whose lives are challenged by both poverty and disability.

With your generous support, the lives of more children, like Kajal and Omkar, can be completely transformed. Thank you for prayerfully considering a life-changing gift today.

Children, like Kajal and her brother Omkar, face a lifetime of pain, prejudice and poverty. Please will you prayerfully consider sending your gift for children and families, who cannot afford treatment themselves. Your gift today will help provide life-changing surgery and assistive devices, so children can have a brighter future. Thank you for your loving kindness.