charitable organizations?

charitable organizations?

Christina

7/7/2002

Dear List,

Occasionally I receive a message like the one below from someone in need of
some prosthetic assistance outside the USA. I know there are organizations
which might help, but I don't have the web sites or addresses, this is out
of my field. Please let me know if there is a list of any groups I could
refer this gentleman to. Thanks in advance to all.

Christina Skoski MD

>From: Alex Morales Guzman Barron < <Email Address Redacted> >
>Reply-To: <Email Address Redacted>
>Organization: PROMPEX
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win95; U)
>X-Accept-Language: en
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: <Email Address Redacted>
>Subject: Problems with my orthopedic leg
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
>Dear Christina:
>My name is Alex Morales. I live in Peru and have 41 years.
>I have Cancer when I was 17 years ago in 1978, and now I am using a
>right orthopedic leg with desarticulated hip.
>Two years ago I received a new orthpedic leg, and have the opportunity
>to walk with only one cain.
>Two months ago, I have problems with my orthpedic leg, it is half broken
>
>and now I have to use two cains again.
>Here in Peru, it will cost more than US $ 1,200 to repair my orthpedic
>leg.
>I will like to know if there is an opprtunity to repair in USA with no
>cost.
>I have a daughter that is 9 years old, and she is worried about me,
>because she will like to walk with me with only one cain.
>Best Regards
>Alex Morales