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 Ships in 2011. Current Needs:  Sandra Lako of Welibodi children’s centre in Freetown made sure Namina was nuritionally well for her operations and has been monitoring her progress since.

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 several operations to remove the tumour. Current Needs:  She has had one surgery onboard the Mercy Ship and will have further surgery in 2012 when the ship returns to Togo.

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. Operation:  Needs several stages of surgery, she has had one surgery onboard the mercy ship. Current Needs:  She will have further surgery in 2012 when the ship returns to Togo.

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 – aboubakar was unable to eat and he became dangerously underweight). Operation:  Aboubakar was transferred to Grey’s hospital Pietermarizburg South Africa for gastric pull-up surgery. Current Needs:  He has fully recovered from surgery,…

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,…