Karachi:
As soon as Sidra Al Bordeeni, eight years old, returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bike in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, for the first time since a missile strike in Gaza took her arm a year ago.
Sidra was injured as he reflected at the Nuseirat school, one of the many Gaza schools converted into makeshift shelters of Israeli strikes.
His mother, Sabreen Al Bordeeni, said that Gaza had collapsed the health services and the incapacity of the family to leave at the time made her hand impossible.
“She plays, and all her friends and siblings are fascinated by her arm,” said Al Bordeeni on the phone, thanking God several times for this day. “I cannot express how grateful I am to see my daughter happy.”
The arm was built more than 4,000 kilometers in Karachi by Bioniks, a Pakistani company that uses a smartphone application to take photos from different angles and create a 3D model for personalized prostheses.
CEO Anas Niaz said that the social business startup has adapted more than 1,000 tailor -made weapons within Pakistan since 2021 – funded by a mixture of patient payments, business sponsorship and donations – but it was the first time that it provided prostheses to those affected in conflicts.
Sidra and Habebat Allah, three, who lost his arms and a leg in Gaza, have gone through days of distance consultations and virtual fittings. Then Niaz flew from Karachi to Amman to meet the girls and make the first delivery abroad of her business.
The Sidra apparatus was funded by Mafaz Clinic in Amman, while donations from the Pakistani paid for Habebat. Mafaz CEO, Entsar Asaker, said the clinic has joined Bioniks for its low costs, remote solutions and its ability to help out.
