The Children

Name:  Priscilia Date of Birth:  1st January 1996 Date of Contact:  April 2010 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Heart valve defect and cardiac failure Operation:  Heart valve replacement at Shisong Cardiac centre in Southern Cameroon. Current Needs:  Priscilia is doing well since her surgery, she is an orphan living with her aunt. She wants to be a nurse when…

Name:  Deve Date of Birth:  2008 Date of Contact:  January 2010 Location:  La Gonave, Haiti Condition:  Congenital heart defect Operation:  Deve was transfered to the Children’s hospital in Florida. Current Needs & Updates:  Willing and Abel support Deve and her brother Gady, 6, to attend school, as well as assisting in the repairs on their home…

Name:  Cedric Date of Birth:  March 2009 Date of Contact:  2010 Location:  Southern Cameroon Condition:  Biliary atresia – a congenital condition of the liver where the bile ducts are malformed. Operation:  Stabilising medication and procedures in South Africa. Current Needs:  Sadly cedric died aged 15 months whilst waiting for the £250,000 to be raised for the…

Name:  Regina Date of Birth:  19th June 1999 Date of Contact:  December 2009 Location:  Prestea, Ghana Condition:  Congenital facial vascular tumour. Operation:  Regina had surgery 5th November 2010 at Royal London Hospital, UK. Current Needs:  Regina is doing well back home, although Regina’s father tragically died in a road traffic accident 6 months after her surgery.…

Name:  Aissa Date of Birth:  2003 Date of Contact:  May 2009 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Noma – an infection caused by severe malnutrition whereby the naturally occurring bacteria in the mouth destroy the facial tissues. Operation:  Facial reconstruction – using a temporalis muscle flap and skin graft – onboard Mercy Ships, Togo. At the end of…

Date of Birth:  28th May 2008 Date of Contact:  May 2008 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Ectopia cordis (heart on the outside of the chest) Operation:  Repositioning of the heart within the chest and repair of the diaphragm in Milan Italy – San Donato Bambino Cardiac Centre. Current Needs:  Although Abel recovered completely from his heart surgery,…