🌍 2nd Chance – Project for Women | Gitega, Burundi 🇧🇮 | Mission Completed Our team conducted a specialized surgical workshop focused on fistula management as part of our Project for Women: ✔️ Essential surgical care for women in urgent need ✔️ 11 patients operated, all recovering well ✔️ Training of 5 participants from 🇪🇹 🇨🇩 🇸🇴 🇬🇳 🇹🇿 ✔️ Skills transfer for long-term local autonomy ✔️ Close collaboration with hospital teams to strengthen capacity A heartfelt thank you to Dr Frederic Ris, Dr Lionel Dumont, the medical staff at Gitega Hospital 🙏, to our local collaborators, coordinators, and to all donors whose support makes this impact possible. 💛 Together, we advance access to women’s reconstructive care across the region.

🌍 2nd Chance – Bujumbura, Burundi 🇧🇮 | Mission Completed Our team completed a full-cycle reconstructive surgery workshop at CHUK: ✔️ Consultations & patient selection ✔️ 13 surgeries improving quality of life ✔️ Post-operative follow-up before departure ✔️ Training of 9 participants from 🇪🇹 🇰🇪 🇹🇿 🇺🇬 A special thank you to the incredible medical staff at CHUK and to everyone who made this mission possible. Our Team: 👩‍⚕️ Dr Roba Khundkar (UK) 👨‍⚕️ Dr Mohammed Abdurezak (Ethiopia) 👨‍⚕️ Dr Thomas Fischer (Switzerland) 👩‍⚕️ Dr Claudia Pia Fischlin (Switzerland) 💉 Dr Andres Hagermann (Sweden) 💉 Dr Samuel Mangold (Switzerland) 🏥 Karin Bauer – OT Nurse 🤝 Coordination: Anne Zeidan & Romina Ferilli 🙏 Thank you to our partners and supporters. Together, we rebuild lives Credit photo Karin Bauer Photomedics

🎯 We’ve reached 95% of our fundraising goal – let’s cross the finish line together! There’s still time to make a donation – until this Sunday! 👉 https://www.raceforgift.ch/project/2nd-chance/donate 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us at Race for Gift 2025! 65 participants, 10 amazing teams, 296 generous donors, and the incredible support of Katzarov SA and DVK Architectes – together, we’ve powered real change through reconstructive surgery in sub-Saharan Africa. Congratulations to our champions: 🥇 Anastassia Stent-Torriani – 1st place, 10 km women 🥈 Benjamin Aebischer-Perone – 2nd place, 5 km men 🏅 Naima Karamoko – 4th place, 5 km women Whether you ran, walked, supported a team, or made a donation – you helped change lives. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

🏃‍♂️ 660 coureuses et coureurs se sont élancés pour cette 10e édition de @raceforgift t… 2nd Chance, nous étions 65 participant·e·s mobilisé·e·s, réparti·e·s en 10 équipes solidaires, soutenu·e·s par 294 donateurs et 2 entreprises engagées : Katzarov SA et @dvkarchitectes 🙌 Un immense merci pour votre énergie, votre engagement et votre générosité. Grâce à vous, nous avons collecté une belle somme pour continuer nos actions, et nous avons presque atteint notre objectif de collecte ! 📅 Bonne nouvelle : il est encore temps de faire un don et de prendre part à cette belle aventure humaine sur le site de Race for Gift 🎉 Et nous avons aussi quelques belles victoires à célébrer : 🥇 1ère place – 10 km femmes : Anastassia Stent-Torriani 🥇 4ère place – 5 km femmes : Karen Staub 🥈 2e place – 5 km hommes : Simon Ponthus 💙 Chaque pas a compté. Et chaque don continue de changer des vies.