Did you know that impoverished girls with scoliosis in the Dominican Republic are often shunned from society?
In many countries around the world, there is a stigma associated with deformities. The free corrective surgeries that POP provides for patients with scoliosis, not only transform them, physically, but emotionally and socially as well. Once corrected, these young ladies are integrated back into society, and allowed to get an education.
In July 2023, POP will once again transform the life of five adolescent females. By making a tax-deductible donation today you will be taking part in this vital transformation. Donate today.
Here are the images of Audrey Cabrera, operated in 2015. Since her surgery, Audrey has been able to graduate from the University with honors and she is now a lawyer.
Meet Karlenys
This young lady was operated in the 2019 mission and she is now studying to be a medical technician. She feels so indebted to POP that she now volunteers on our yearly mission trip, helping patients in their recuperation.
In July 2023, POP will once again transform the life of five adolescent females. By making a tax-deductible donation today you will be taking part in this vital transformation. Donate today.
Yearly Missions
Every year POP kicks off the mission week with a reunion to which all of the patients that have been operated on previous missions are invited. Here is where we get to see the transformation that has occurred to each individual child since their surgery. The change is always astounding, particularly in the female patients who prior to surgery wear very baggy, concealing clothing, because they are so ashamed of their deformity; when we see them back a year later, they are transformed into confident young ladies dressed in the vibrant colors that are customary of the Dominican Republic.
The picture shows two of our yearly reunions, where we celebrate the children we have serviced and their new lives.
POP brings complex cases for treatment in the US
This is the young lady with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis that we have had getting treatment for the past year in St. Louis. She has received four out of six joint replacement surgeries. One of my husband’s ex-partners has been the one that has performed off for surgeries. She is now learning to walk again and become independent, and once her legs have had sufficient time to heal, they will start on replacing her shoulders.