DFID - UK Department for International Development
9-year-old Weam Al Astal, pictured two days after she had an operation on her leg in Gaza's Shifa Hospital
9-year-old Weam Al Astal, pictured two days after she had an operation on her leg in Gaza's Shifa Hospital.
Weam suffered major injuries to her legs after being caught in an explosion during the conflict in Gaza in the summer of 2014. Her left leg had to be amputated at the below the knee, and she needed follow-up reconstructive surgery on her right foot.
UK aid from the Department for International Development has funded teams of NHS doctors to deploy to Gaza through in conjunction with British charities Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and IDEALS.
They're providing vital reconstructive and life-saving surgery to some of the people who were most severely injured in the conflict last year. The doctors volunteer in their spare time to visit Gaza each month to work alongside Palestinian colleagues.
Picture: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for DFID
9-year-old Weam Al Astal, pictured two days after she had an operation on her leg in Gaza's Shifa Hospital
9-year-old Weam Al Astal, pictured two days after she had an operation on her leg in Gaza's Shifa Hospital.
Weam suffered major injuries to her legs after being caught in an explosion during the conflict in Gaza in the summer of 2014. Her left leg had to be amputated at the below the knee, and she needed follow-up reconstructive surgery on her right foot.
UK aid from the Department for International Development has funded teams of NHS doctors to deploy to Gaza through in conjunction with British charities Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and IDEALS.
They're providing vital reconstructive and life-saving surgery to some of the people who were most severely injured in the conflict last year. The doctors volunteer in their spare time to visit Gaza each month to work alongside Palestinian colleagues.
Picture: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for DFID