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August 9, 2025

Story of Yasmin

We first met Yasmin Ali in May 2025. She had made a long six-hour journey from Deir Ezzor to Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital in Damascus. Yasmin is a 16-year-old girl who lost both of her legs last year due to peripheral ischemia and has relied on a wheelchair ever since. She is the second eldest among 12 siblings in her family.

With the support of our Certified Prosthetist Orthotist (CPO), Walid Dameh, and the dedicated team at Ibn Al Nafees Hospital, Yasmin was evaluated and scanned for 3D-printed prostheses. Shortly after, we successfully produced her test prostheses and prepared for her first fitting.

On July 1st, for the first time in her life, Yasmin stood in a pair of prosthetic legs. Despite the pain and initial difficulty standing, she showed remarkable determination to complete the fitting session.

Our CPO continued to monitor her progress remotely, encouraging and training her through each stage—first to simply wear the prostheses at home to get used to them, then to stand with the help of a walker and eventually to begin walking. Thanks to her resilience and steady progress, Yasmin has now reached a major milestone: she is able to walk using her test prostheses. She is currently awaiting her final, custom-fitted prostheses.

On May 26, 2025 we drove into Syria to start a new pilot in Damascus in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

Walid Dameh, our Jordanian Prosthetist and Jason Szolomayer our Founder, traveled into Syria together.

We experienced a warm welcome from the Minister of Health handling iNGOs and the Head of Rehabilitation. The team at the MOH rehab center, we All-Stars! We felt so honored to work along side of them.

We saw three children that day and evaluated each one. Then we took a 3D scan of their residual limbs. Now we are working on production of the customs sockets and prosthetics to deliver back into Syria soon.

One family drove from 6 hours away for the opportunity to get a prostheses. We know the need exists but how can we help leverage technology to add capacity into the larger ecosystem.

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