Children

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…

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…

Name:  Ama Date of Birth:  24th March 2001 Date of Contact:  July 2011 Location:  Nungua, Ghana Condition:  Tumour of both jaws Operation:  Ama had the first…

Name:  Gift Date of Birth:  7th July 2005 Date of Contact:  May 2011 Location:  Malawi Condition:  Tracheal stenosis (severe narrowing of the airway – such…

Name:  Issa Date of Birth: Date of Contact:  February 2011 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Imperforate anus (a congenital condition where by the anus does not form an opening…

Name:  Hassaniye Date of Birth:  1st February 2006 Date of Contact:  2011 Location:  N’Djamena, Chad Condition:  Facial neurofibroma tumour Operation:  In early December 2012, Hassaniye…

Name:  Marcel Date of Birth:  1999 Date of Contact:  February 2011 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Heart valve defect and cardiac failure Operation:  Marcel went into kidney failure…

Name:  Chisomo Date of Birth:  5th January 2011 Date of Contact:  January 2011 Location:  Malawi Condition:  Frontonasal encephalocele – a failure of fusion of part of the…

Name:  Namina Date of Birth:  2006 Date of Contact:  January 2011 Location:  Sierra Leone Condition:  Noma Operation:  Namina has had two reconstruction surgeries onboard Mercy…

Name:  Afi Date of Birth:  1991 Date of Contact:  June 2010 Location:  Togo Condition:  Afi has a large facial neurofibroma (tumour of the nerve). Operation:  She requires…

Name:  Tani Date of Birth:  1999 Date of Contact:  June 2010 Location:  Togo Condition:  Tani suffered severe burns as a baby – she was fortunate to survive.…

Name:  Aboubakar Date of Birth:  6th May 2005 Date of Contact:  June 2010 Location:  Northern Cameroon Condition:  Oesophageal stricture (severe narrowing of the oesophagus after swallowing acid –…