255
amputees on the waiting list for prosthetics in Deir ez-Zor, with nowhere near the resources to supply them
Ministry of Health, Deir ez-Zor, Syria
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$350
funds one prosthetic
Approximately what one limb costs to fund in Deir ez-Zor, covering materials, components and the fitting that goes with it.
Who holds your money
Your donation is tax-deductible. The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so gifts are deductible in the United States to the full extent allowed by law. Your receipt comes from the SAMS Foundation.
Funds held by
Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation
Currently funding
Deir ez-Zor prosthetics and physiotherapy care
Every donation made today goes to one place: prosthetic care and physiotherapy for people in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, where explosive remnants of war are still injuring and killing civilians years after the fighting stopped.
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215+
people treated for blast injuries at Deir ez-Zor National Hospital in twelve months
MSF, April 2025 to April 2026
58
of them underwent traumatic amputations
MSF, April 2025 to April 2026
Waiting-list figure from the Ministry of Health, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. Hospital figures from Médecins Sans Frontières, Syria: Explosive ordnance continues to injure and kill people in Deir ez-Zor (25 June 2026). MSF documented this need; it is not a partner of Open the Gait.
Where your donation goes
Money raised here funds physical supplies, not a parallel organization. The clinical work is done by partners who already do it well.
Materials and components
Resins, plaster, liners, feet, knees and pylons: the inputs a workshop consumes with every limb it builds.
Therapy equipment
Gait training and rehabilitation equipment, without which many fitted limbs go unused.
Transport to the center
Getting supplies physically to the prosthetics center, routinely the point where funding runs out.
Awareness is the other half of the work
Understanding why prosthetic access fails is what turns a one-off donation into sustained support. Start there instead.