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Hope for Irene

March 4, 2015

This touching story of healing from ReSurge moved us tremendously. We hope you enjoy it.
For more than 10 years, there was little that Irene had to smile about. Until recently, her life had been checkered with tragedies that left her family torn apart and Irene without a future. Irene had suffered a severe burn that immobilized her arm.  

Irene smiles with her surgeon and director of ReSurge International’s Surgical Outreach Program in Zambia, Dr. Goran Jovic, after her operation. Dr. Jovic is the only practicing reconstructive surgeon in Zambia.

What could have been a sad ending to a sad story changed the day Irene met Dr. Goran Jovic, the director of ReSurge’s Surgical Outreach Program in Lusaka, Zambia. Through reconstructive surgery, Goran was able to release the scars that bound Irene’s arm into a ball. After more than 10 years, Irene could at last extend her arm again.
To read the full story, including what the future holds for Irene, visit ReSurge’s blog.
~Michael and Frida Donner