Sep
29
Education and specially education for children will lead to a better world. Kids need to understand ethics, empathy, basic rights and freedoms, compassion, responsibility by letting them discover their creativity and encourage them to find what they like and are good at so they can be productive members of our society. Through education we can …
Sep
28
Touching Souls International is sponsoring three eye camps in Bangladesh on September 26th, October 17th and November 21st of 2010. In each eye camp, more than 1,000 individuals will receive eye screening and treatment. Free cataract surgery with lens implant will also be provided to around 60 economically disadvantaged patients in each camp. The eye …
Sep
21
5 year old Shahajan’ mother Amena Begum of Patgram, Rangpur, Bangladesh always thought that she had committed some big crime or sin that her son was born with such cleft deformities because of which he was unable to speak properly and had faced social discrimination. Shahajan did not have any friends in the playground and …
Sep
21
Eighty five years old Habilun Nessa, Pamia, Shakhipur, Tangail, Bangladesh could not see for almost ten years. A decade ago she was diagnosed with cataract. Having a cataract surgery was in her dream only. For most of the people of Bangladesh cataract surgery is not affordable. And if they become cataract blind, most of the …
Sep
20
60 yr old Abul Kashem diagnosed with Lipoma over the left shoulder region, was a surgery recipient of August, 2010. For the last few years he was suffering from his lipoma. Finally in this August his lipoma was removed, without any complications. The surgery was provided by Nurture and was funded by Touching Souls International, …
Sep
16
Lulu Ara Begum of Rami Para, Kutubdia, Cox’s Baza, Bangladesh, house-wife had fibroid uterus. Seven years ago she was diagnosed with uterine fibroid. For the last seven years she was suffering from, bleeding between periods, increase in urinary frequency, heavy menstrual bleeding , sometimes with the passage of blood clots. Her menstrual periods lasted much …
Sep
14
Clubfoot describes a range of foot abnormalities usually present at birth (congenital) in which baby’s foot is twisted out of shape or position. The term “clubfoot” refers to the way the foot is positioned at a sharp angle to the ankle, like the head of a golf club. Clubfoot is a common birth defect and …
Sep
08
Palliative care is a developing branch of health care that deals with the terminally-ill, incurably-ill and chronically bed-ridden (TI-II-CB) people. A large percentage of the patients who need palliative care are cancer patients in extreme pain; some of them are in the terminal stage. Millions of others suffering from paraplegia, acute renal and respiratory problems, …
