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Field Impact ReportUrokids-Caring for Pediatric Urology-Benevolent ProgramGuatemala City, Guatemala

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Thanks to this project, 26 children under 17 years of age with a diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux, vesicoureteral obstruction, hypospadia, among other conditions, were operated on by specialists seeking to improve their living conditions.

All the children were treated at the Juan Pablo II Children's Hospital where they received attention and care during the surgery process.

The list of the 26 beneficiary children is described below:

1          Erick Raúl Martínez Jiménez, Reflux vesicoureteral

2          Mateo Sebastian Batres Hernández, Reflux vesicoureteral

3          César Ivan Polanco Ramírez, Vesicoureteral obstruction

4          Daniela Valentina Pérez Vásquez, Reflux vesicoureteral

5          Adriel Eliseo Hernández López, Reflux vesicoureteral

6          Santiago Alajandro Tubac, Kidney hypoplasia

8          Endri Cristhoper Mo Pacay, Hernia

9          Adriana Darisa Suyen Pérez, Reflux vesicoureteral

10        Gabriela Abigail Morales Sánchez, Reflux vesicoureteral

11        Mario Josue Daniel Escobar Fuentes, pyeloureteral obstruction

12        Aura Graciela Cojón Pirir, Myelomeningocele

13        Luis Atilio Estrada Carías, Reflux vesicoureteral

14        Alejandra Maricela Almira Carranza, Reflux vesicoureteral 

16        Mía Dariany Morales Morales, Reflux vesicoureteral

17        Luis Angel Cruz Cruz, Reflux vesicoureteral

19        Estehefanía Alessandra Hernández Nova, Reflux vesicoureteral

20        Carmen Aurora Choquín Altan, neurogenic bladder

21        Karla Mariela Méndez Subuyuj, Reflux vesicoureteral

22        Génesis Gabriela Sánchez Urruela, Reflux vesicoureteral

23        Luis David Xitumul Canahui, severe hydronephrosis

24        Mateo Ezequiel Chilel Vega, hypospadias

25        Wudier Mateo Sipaque Alonzo, hypospadias

26        Mateo Alejandro Bobadilla, hypospadias

This surgery program has an alliance between Cáritas Arquidiocesana, Food for the Poor and the World Pediatric Project Foundation. This alliance will support the cost of urological surgeries for 60 underprivileged children in Guatemala.  

Tesimonial

We had the opportunity to speak with Mrs. Astrid Martínez, mother of 6-year-old Erick Raúl Martínez Jiménez who suffers from vesicoureteral reflux (urine flows backwards from the bladder up towards the kidney). They live in the department of Santa Rosa, located 82 kilometers from Guatemala City. Since the child was diagnosed, they have visited several doctors in search of a solution, without having been able to find a solution to Erick's condition. Mrs. Astrid tells us: "We have been to many places and we came here (Juan Pablo II Children's Hospital) because we were given the opportunity to have him operated on here. I feel calmer because after the surgery we are no longer going to visit as many doctors, and above all he will be calmer, God bless you always and thank you for having such a big heart and helping us make it possible for this disease to end."

We also interviewed Mrs. Carmen Bobadilla, the single mother of Mateo Alejandro Bobadilla, 5 years old, who was born with a congenital condition called hypospadias, which consists of a disorder in which the opening of the urethra is located in the upper part of the bottom of the penis and not at the tip.

Mrs. Carmen told us: "The stay here has been very good, the doctors have treated him and me well."

"He underwent surgery for hypospadias, it is the third surgery he has had, for him it will be something normal for his life, it has been a difficult process, but he has responded well to the operations, we continue with the treatment hoping that they will work the operations. It is the first time that I come to this hospital, the people who have treated us have been very kind to us, they have given us the necessary help and they have given us what is necessary for our stay here in the hospital."

Remaining Components

The project contemplates the performance of 60 urological surgeries on low-income children in Guatemala, funds were received for 30 procedures, and 26 were executed, for which reason the performance of 4 surgeries in this first phase is pending and the remaining 30 upon receipt of funds

About Food For The Poor

Food For The Poor, one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry children and families living in poverty primarily in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency relief assistance, water, medicine, educational materials, homes, support for vulnerable children, care for the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance. For more information, please visit www.FoodForThePoor.org.

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