Operation Walk - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit Operation Walk - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Operation Walk - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach: We seek to transform lives in under-served global communities by reducing the chronic burden of arthritis and disability through total joint reconstruction.

WOGO is comprised of 9 female surgeons, hailing from diverse cultural backgrounds and geographic locations around the USA. We believe that we bring a unique understanding and perspective to the unmet needs of women in the areas of arthritis and degenerative joint disease. WOGO is an Operation Walk team. I have been on a waiting list for volunteers to serve people and have been accepted to be able to serve with this amazing team. Thank you for your support with our endeavors to serve others in this capacity. Your financial support for this mission will help many people have an improved quality of life with less pain and improved abilities to achieve their necessary daily activities.

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit Operation Walk - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Operation Walk - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach: We seek to transform lives in under-served global communities by reducing the chronic burden of arthritis and disability through total joint reconstruction.

WOGO is comprised of 6 Female Surgeons, hailing from diverse cultural backgrounds, and geographic locations around the USA. We believe that we bring a unique understanding and perspective to the unmet needs of women in the areas of arthritis and degenerative joint disease. WOGO is an Operation Walk team.

Dear family, friends and coworkers,

I am so excited to share this great news of mine to you! I am very delighted that I am offered to be a volunteer of Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO). I will join their Operation Walk 2022.

WOGO was first established by five female orthopaedic surgeons in 2006, and they successfully completed their first Operation Walk in Nepal 2009. Over the years, WOGO has not only provided numerous orthopaedic surgeries worldwide, but has also been involved in local surgeon educational programs and provide community service in many underserved communities internationally. Their mission is to empower, educate and engage women in developing countries globally.

Now I am proud to be a part of this team and am ready to put in all my effort to reach out and spread the word of WOGO. I have made this fundraiser for WOGO as my holiday wish, my birthday dream and a new year’s goal. Big or small, I know your donation will support us in bringing more supplies, equipment and medications that are very much needed to our mission 2022. Your donation will go directly to the organization. You CAN help us to make a difference in someone’s life, enable him or her to do something most of us are all able to do without much effort, to WALK again. Thank you so much for your support of WOGO!

Mei Xu PA-C

The surgeons and the support team will spend a week in Kinshasa.  All knee replacement surgeries will be performed during the first few days of the trip to ensure that the WOGO team is on hand to monitor outcomes. The goal is to perform as many joint reconstruction surgeries, as time, and donations allow. For patients, the surgical procedure involves pre and post operative patient education and a two-to-four day stay in the hospital.

Rehabilitation is the focus of the latter part of the week. Physical Therapists conduct classes for patients and their families teaching and demonstrating safe techniques. Local physical therapists are trained on how to continue to assist patients with the rehabilitation process for these patients after the Team has returned to the United States.

The cost of bringing a full medical team of 50 people to the Congo is very high. Flights, lodging, ground transportation, feeding the team is all expensive.  The surgeons and team members all donate their time and often take their vacation time to travel with WOGO. The team works extraordinarily hard to raise funding for the trips but we need your help. 

Every dollar makes a difference. Your support of WOGO will change lives. The people of the Congo will be grateful and the WOGO team will be so grateful for your support. THANK YOU! 
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