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Ghana · Accra · 37 years
Social circumstances: Harriet works as a nursery teacher and, due to the current closure of schools and nurseries as a result of Covid-19, has not received a salary since April this year. Following her mother’s death, she has taken on her mother’s domestic responsibilities for …
Togo · Lome · 31 years
Social circumstances: Godwin earns a living as a courier and motorbike taxi driver in Ghana. He lives alone with his 4-year-old son in a deprived neighbourhood of the city. The mother has been back in inpatient care for some time now due to a mental …
Ghana · Accra · 4 years
Social circumstances: Daniel is Patience’s only son. He has suffered from hydrocephalus (‘water on the brain’) since he was a newborn. As if that were not enough, his mother is living with HIV. She is unemployed and is supported by her own mother. As she …
Ghana · Accra · 14 years
Social background: Lawrencia is a dedicated pupil at a suburban school in Accra, the capital of Ghana. She comes from a large family in which her motivated parents have ensured that all her siblings are able to attend school. However, due to the school fees, …
Ghana · Accra · 9 months
Social circumstances: Little Phoebe lives with her parents – her mother works as a nursing assistant in a state hospital, whilst her father is currently unemployed – in a poor suburb of Accra. Phoebe has had a life-threatening heart defect since birth. Phoebe undergoing a …
Ghana · Accra · 21 years
Social circumstances: Since the accidental death of his parents a few years ago, Dametey has been the ‘guardian’ and, as such, the breadwinner for his four siblings. He works as a labourer at an embassy in Accra. His income is nowhere near enough to provide …
Dr Ana Maria de Abaffy Steffens, a plastic surgeon from Caracas, Venezuela, is appealing for help to provide little Edwin with prosthetics. Due to the dire economic situation in Venezuela, the healthcare sector is facing a shortage of, amongst other things (!), essential medicines. This …
Jhasmin Paredes Jhasmin Paredes was born in La Paz. Even during her first year of life, her mother suspected she might have a heart defect. Jhasmin tired easily and had difficulty breathing. When she was two years old, the paediatrician diagnosed a heart defect. He …
Dr Ana Maria de Abaffy Steffens, a plastic surgeon from Caracas, Venezuela, is appealing for help to provide a prosthesis for little Edwin. Due to the dire economic situation in Venezuela, the healthcare sector is lacking, amongst other things (!), essential medicines. This proved fatal …
Case 1: Mr Ibrahim Habib, the counterpart to Jerome Boateng – similarly active and committed, born in Ghana and now living in Germany – is asking for help with two dramatic cases from Accra, the capital of Ghana in West Africa, but please read for …