Updated
September 9, 2004
Ebou's twisted foot
Mays brother-in-law is now 15, he was born perfect but after an illness when he was small his left foot was left inverted, he had treatment and an operation in Gambia.
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Such deformaties are not uncommon in Gambia, where the facilities and funding are simple not available for families to take action.
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Ebou is 15 now but when he was small he got sick and the illness went to his foot which sort of bent at the ankle, at first doctors thought they could do nothing but then after an operation Ebou wore a special shoe which started correcting his foot but as he grew bigger, a bigger corrective shoe was not available and now his foot is so twisted he wears his flip flops the the wrong way up.
This has become so painfull for him when he is walking because he is pushing the foot and ankle further in the wrong direction.
Not that it stops Ebou from being one of the brightest and most hard working pupils in his school, maybe it is because of his foot that he is so good academically.
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Do you know someone who could help, the first step is just knowing what has gone wrong and offering advice about it is too late for any sort of corrective treatment.
Once we can establish that we can see how possible it is financially to do something about it.
Neither May'sfamily nor GTS are asking for money for this - just simply information about the condition.
Please email GTS with any information you might have
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