In August 2018, the international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) sent Ayed to Amman for treatment and rehabilitation. The MSF reconstructive surgery program was set up in 2006, and aims to help patients regain independence. Ayed was chosen to receive a 3D-printed prosthetic. Project supervisor, Samar Ismail, said 3D-printed prosthetics are faster to produce and much cheaper. The price for a 3D limb is around $30, while the more conventional limbs start at $200 and can go up to thousands of dollars. The light weight is also a huge advantage, Ismail added, which enables patients to use them for longer.

So far, more than 20 limbs have been fitted to patients, from Gaza, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Ayed said his prosthetic is life-changing. Though difficult to use at first, therapy helped him regain skills such as tying his shoes or putting on a shirt. “I had lost hope in life, but now after training my mental state is much better,” he said. He is practicing motor-skills that would enable him to work at a laundromat. But his biggest dream is to be able to go back to Yemen, get married and start a family.

“That’s all I want, to go back home and for things to get better there.”

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