IMPAKTaid also takes on special projects for medical relief, such as supplying crutches, artificial limbs, wheelchairs and wheelchair bikes to the disabled in the camps and surrounding areas.
IMPAKTaid also organises specialised medical treatment for those who need it, such as providing hearing aids, treating infections, undertaking skin grafts and sight-restoring eye operations for children.
IMPAKTaid will continue to require support by way of donations to enable other projects like these to be taken up as the needs arise.
Photos 1 – Due to a serious infection Sagarika's leg was to be amputated. IMPAKT paid for the surgery at a private hospital and today she is walking.
Photo 2 – IMPAKT found this carling man on a floor three weeks after the disaster. We replaced his hand pedal wheelchair and today he is mobile once again.
Photo 3 – This shy young boy was noticed in a camp in Moratuwa. He had lost his hearing aid as the waves swept him about. Today with the help of IMPAKT he hears again.
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