קרן ישראל לנפגעי חוט השדרה
The Israel Foundation For Spinal Cord Injuries
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To get out of bed by yourself. To shower. To get dressed… To walk… To drive… To get to school or to work… To go shopping, to earn a profession, to go hiking, to function like a normal human being, a parent, a spouse…
To be independent and stand on your own two feet.
All these routine activities may be straightforward for you, but for thousands of people in Israel they’re a constant daily struggle. These people are paralyzed and confined to wheelchairs because they suffered an injury to the spinal cord. Whether children or adults, soldiers or civilians… Whether road accidents, work accidents or terror attacks and shootings. In an instant, their lives were transformed.
Indeed, it is widely accepted that the future of spinal cord injury victims is dependent – more than anything else – on the advancement of scientific knowledge.
Extensive and in-depth medical research will expand possibilities for effective treatment, healing and rehabilitation, lead to the development of appropriate machinery and equipment and serve as a great leap forward for the suffering and their families.
However, research costs are high and funds are low, hence there is currently little progress being made in the field and the victims remain dependent on fate.
The IFSCI was established to make the breakthrough for them. Together with scientists, scholars, doctors and representatives from the injured themselves, the fund promotes research and awards grants for studies in diagnosis, prevention, equipment development and innovative treatment, healing and rehabilitation methods.
The results of our efforts are gradually becoming evident in homes, hospitals and rehab institutions all over Israel.
Thanks to IFSCI and the research it funds, hundreds of spinal cord injury victims are now enjoying a better quality of life.
On the way to standing up for themselves.
