Spanish NGO Aids Honduran Youngsters

Proyecto Monte Taigeto, a Spanish nongovernmental organization (NGO), provided prostheses for Nancy Yalitza Gómez, age 10, and Martha Lidia González, age 11, through its program Honduras 2002. The girls underwent leg amputations due to osteosarcoma and gangrene.

The prosthetic fitting was carried out in a clinic associated with Proyecto Monte Taigeto in Valencia, Spain. Departing from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the girls, accompanied by a guardian, arrived in Valencia September 17. They stayed until Sept. 27 with the orthopedic technologist who was providing their prostheses. The prostheses were designed to accommodate changes as the girls grow.

Nancy Yalitza Gómez

The organization also provided a prosthesis for a Honduran boy who came to Spain in November. As in other assistance previously provided in Latin America, Proyecto Monte Taigeto not only organizes and provides funding for the program, but also arranges for follow-up care and prosthetic maintenance by local orthopedists in the patients' home countries.

The organization was founded by a group of Spanish orthopedic technologists to help Latin American youngsters whose families are not able to pay for prostheses and who live in countries where the public health system does not cover them.

For more information, visit www.montetaigeto.org (site is in Spanish)

Martha Lidia González

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	Spanish NGO Aids Honduran Youngsters Salute!
	Jerry Cadigan, CPO(c) Profiles
	As We Look Back on 2002—and Ahead to 2003 Perspective
	From the Editor Viewpoints