You can help keep hope alive

Did you know that today over 70% of people with bleeding disorders around the world remain undiagnosed? And more than 75% receive inadequate treatment or no treatment whatsoever?

Without treatment, most children with severe hemophilia will die young or grow up severely disabled.

Today, Jimmy seems like a normal, healthy boy.  But he was only eight months old when he had an intracranial hemorrhage. His mother didn’t know what was wrong, but when Jimmy began vomiting and developed a fever his mother rushed him to the nearest hospital in Lima, Peru.

Jimmy was sent for tests and lab work and was accurately diagnosed with severe hemophilia B. He received factor IX, the one he lacks, thanks to the WFH Humanitarian Aid Program.

Because of the training that local healthcare workers, patients, and families have received from the WFH’s Twinning Program, Jimmy and his family have learned to treat his subsequent bleeds with an ice compress, and administer tranexamic acid before taking him to the hospital for further treatment. They also understand the importance of encouraging Jimmy’s active spirit so that his muscles and joints grow strong and flexible.

Other children in the region are not so lucky. A 15-year-old has already lost a leg and faces the prospect of losing more limbs. Yet he smiles courageously. Maybe because he knows that there is improved treatment, a wider network of support, and most importantly, someone is there for him.

Life can be short and devastating for people with hemophilia and inherited bleeding disorders where there is no diagnosis or treatment.

Your donation will keep hope alive for children like Jimmy all over the world.

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Keeping hope alive in Lima, Peru

Watch the following documentary about the Twinning between Lima, Peru and Fort Worth, Texas, and see how Jimmy and other children from Lima have been helped by the WFH.