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2026 SURGICAL MISSION TO CHAD

by Claudia Boatella Jurado | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

This year, we had the privilege of combining medicine, film, and dance during our second surgical mission to Chad.

The team included Dr. Marc Garcia-Elias working alongside the surgical team in Chad, Fina Sensada documenting the mission, and Nacho Duato providing rehabilitation through conscious movement and gait re-education.

2ND SURGICAL EXPEDITION TO DOBA (THE MISSION)

This year, the surgical mission in Doba was complemented by an awareness-raising and staff training initiative at our collaborating hospital, as well as an official presentation of the mission to the local Ministry of Health delegate.

Members of the Foundation met with Dr. Ali Soumaine Baggarโ€”the Ministry of Healthโ€™s Public Health Delegate for Logone Orientalโ€”to present our humanitarian surgical work with children with disabilities in the region.

The Foundation has entered into its first partnership agreement with Dr. Herve, the director of the Doba Provincial Hospital, to rent an operating room and hire the center’s staff to perform surgeries. Due to power supply issues at the facility, the Foundation has undertaken the cost of the fuel needed to run the generator during operating hours.

In addition, Dr. Garcรญa-Elias has provided general medicine training to the hospital’s medical staff, with each participant receiving an official FFF certificate of attendance.

The Doba Center for the Disabled and our counterpart, the director Sister Mabel, have conducted patient consultationsโ€”involving children sought out across various villages over the course of a year in collaboration with local missionariesโ€”and have managed the postoperative care and rehabilitation of the patients who underwent surgery.

This year, Jairoโ€”an IT specialist from Colombia and brother of a team memberโ€”joined the team as a volunteer. He arrived in Chad a year ago. He is responsible for providing computer training at the Doba group home, which houses 15 adolescents with disabilities who have already undergone surgery. They live next to the Doba Center for People with Disabilities, where they learn trades such as sewing, mechanics, cooking, electrical work, and carpentry. Jairo has introduced computer classes, but they need three computers for hands-on practice.

These 15 young men and women manufacture wooden crutches for the children at the center. Having received the necessary training, these young people with disabilities will eventually take over the management of the Doba Center for People with Disabilities, currently led by Sister Mabel.

Additionally, Jairo has developed a custom software program for both the Center for People with Disabilities and the surgical mission.

RAPPORT GENERAL DE LA MISSION 2026Descarga

HECHOS EXTRAORDINARIOS DE LA  EXPEDICIร“N QUIRURGICA – 26 AL CHAD

Eli, un joven de 22 aรฑos

Eli llegรณ a la consulta con graves secuelas de quemaduras en ambas manos sufridas durante la infancia, lo que le provocaba una discapacidad funcional muy importante.

Debido a la complejidad del caso, el Dr. Garcรญa-Elรญas aprovechรณ la intervenciรณn, de cinco horas de duraciรณn en cada mano y realizada en dos dรญas consecutivos, para impartir una cirugรญa en directo dirigida a los jรณvenes cirujanos del equipo, convirtiendo la operaciรณn en una valiosa oportunidad de formaciรณn.

Un mes despuรฉs recibimos esta imagen: Eli comenzaba a comer por sรญ mismo por primera vez. Con sus manos aรบn en fase de recuperaciรณn, habรญa recuperado una autonomรญa que hasta entonces nunca habรญa podido disfrutar.

Despuรฉs de vivir esta clase magistral en el quirรณfano y comprobar los excelentes resultados obtenidos, uno de los jรณvenes cirujanos chadianos solicitรณ la posibilidad de participar como fellow de Cirugรญa de la Mano en el Centro Kaplan, creado por el Dr. Garcรญa-Elias y reconocido como un referente mundial en la formaciรณn de especialistas en cirugรญa de la mano.

A raรญz de esta peticiรณn, la Fundaciรณn se plantea crear la Beca Fernando Fonseca, destinada a financiar los viajes, el alojamiento y la manutenciรณn de cirujanos del Chad para que puedan realizar esta formaciรณn especializada en cirugรญa de la mano en Barcelona.

Awwa, una joven nรณmada de 13 aรฑos

Durante la misiรณn llegรณ Awwa, una adolescente bereber de 13 aรฑos, madre de una niรฑa de un aรฑo. Acudiรณ acompaรฑada por su madre y su abuela, pertenecientes a una familia nรณmada, en busca de ayuda.

Awwa se desplazaba arrastrรกndose por el suelo mientras llevaba a su hija consigo. La dureza de la situaciรณn fue tal que el equipo decidiรณ no tomar imรกgenes de su caso, por respeto a su dignidad.

Su patologรญa no podรญa resolverse mediante cirugรญa. Sin embargo, Sor Mabel asumiรณ personalmente el seguimiento de Awwa junto con el equipo de fisioterapeutas del centro, que iniciรณ un programa de rehabilitaciรณn y la fabricaciรณn de dispositivos ortopรฉdicos con el objetivo de ayudarla a ponerse de pie y mejorar su movilidad y su calidad de vida.

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