The Children

Name:  Hashmot Date of Birth: 1979 Date of Contact: November 2011 Location: Bangladesh Condition: Severe disfigurement/loss of left face due to a vicious tiger attack at age 14. As a young boy Hashmot earned a living as a fisherman working the network of rivers that cover the Sunderban region of southern Bangladesh. But one evening,…

Name:  Salome Date of Birth:  2012 Date of Contact: Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Facial burns from falling face first into a fire. Emergency treatment:  Her parents took her to a hospital, but were told to take her home to die. The parents then took her to a local witch doctor, who put rabbit fur on…

Name:  Edwardson Date of Birth:  1998 Date of Contact:  December 2011 Location:  Port-au-Prince, Haiti Condition:  Bilateral corneal keratosis Operation:  Abi met with Edwardson and Dr. Linda (from Samaritan’s Purse) in Haiti in December, 2011. He needs corneal transplants, and Willing and Abel is on a mission to make that happen. We are now halfway there,…

Name:  Lonema Date of Birth: Date of Contact:  November 2011 Location:  Democratic Republic of the Congo Condition:  Need of prosthetic due to both arms being amputated below the shoulder. Eleven years ago, during the war, Lonema was captured and tied up using an inner tube from a bicycle. It was tied too tight, resulting in…

Name:  Gwadam Date of Birth:  2000 Date of Contact:  November 2011 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Cleft lip Operation:  Gwadam had successful surgery to repair her cleft lip in March 2012. Current Needs & Updates:  Gwadam is from a rural village in Northern Cameroon. In fact, it is so remote that it took to the age…

Name:  Richmond Date of Birth:  2004 Date of Contact:  June 2011 Location:  Ghana Condition:  Congenital hydroceles – a condition males can be born with where fluid abnormally collects in the scrotum. Operation:  After a long wait to have surgery arranged for locally in Ghana, Richmond finally had his surgery at the beginning of October 2012. Willing &…

Name:  Nathan Date of Birth:  1st June 2001 Date of Contact:  August 2011 Location:  Democratic Republic of the Congo Condition:  Cancer of the sweat gland left face Operation:  Nathan’s tumour had been present for 4 years, he had undergone chemotherapy in DR Congo, but the tumour had continued to grow, all be it slowly. He was transferred to…

Name:  Santigi Date of Birth:  20th August 2006 Date of Contact:  August 2011 Location:  Sierra Leone Condition:  Phocomelia of left and right legs (malformation of the limbs such that they are not functional and Santigi cannot walk only shuffle around on his knees). Operation:  Transferred to Kenya for surgery at Kijabe Hospital for amputations. He has been…

Name:  Jeanette Date of Birth:  1995 Date of Contact:  October 2011 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Rare, but known potentially fatal reaction to anti-malarial treatment resulting in kidney failure. Emergency Treatment:  Jeanette suffered from malaria, and upon going to hospital she suffered from a potentially fatal reaction to the anti-malarial treatment. Her kidneys stopped working and…

Name:  Louis Date of Birth:  June 2011 Date of Contact:  June 2011 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Bilateral cleft lip and palate. Operation:  Louis had surgery for cleft lip and palate repair on 28th November 2011 at Pette in Northern Cameroon. A visiting oral and maxillofacial team from Europe performed the surgery. Current Needs & Updates:  Louis…