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Every year, MHM provides thousands of people in need with basic medical care, carries out awareness-raising work and creates jobs.Source of text & photo: www.mobile-hilfe-madagaskar.de We received a lovely email at Christmas time from one of our partner NGOs, Mobile-Hilfe-Madagaskar – which is very active …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 2014
Social circumstances: Caroline, Shadrack’s mother, is a 30-year-old single mother of three children (aged 3, 5 and 7). Without a husband, the family’s income is extremely low, particularly as Caroline is the sole breadwinner, supporting herself and her family through poorly paid odd jobs. Medical …
Madagascar · Antananarivo (Talatamaty) · 26 years
Andriamanana is allowed to go home Social circumstances: Andriamanana Herizo Tahiry is a young single mother of two small children. She comes from a very poor background, and a sudden illness such as the one she is currently suffering from is a disaster. Medical details: …
Madagascar · Antananarivo (Talatamaty) · 7 months
Social circumstances: Little Mahomy’s mother is unemployed; her father works as a security guard. Their income is nowhere near enough to cover the costs of her treatment. Medical details: Mahomy is just 7 months old and suffers from hydrocephalus, a pathological enlargement of the cerebrospinal …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 2014
Social circumstances: Caroline is a 30-year-old single mother of three children (aged 10 months, 2 and 4 years). Without a husband, the family’s income is extremely low, particularly as Caroline is the sole breadwinner, supporting her family through low-paid casual work. Medical details: Shadrack was …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 2000
Social circumstances: Since his father’s death during unrest in his neighbourhood – one of the most dangerous in Nairobi – Jacob has been living with his two younger sisters and his now single mother. They live in a single room without water or electricity in …
For several weeks now, Tulisa has been in close contact with the German organisation YANOMAMI-HILFE e.V. (www.yanomami-hilfe.de): The aim is to improve the severely threatened health situation of the Yanomami Indians – and in particular the children – in the rainforest region of southern Venezuela. …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 1986
Social circumstances: Eunice Akinyi is a single mother to a two-year-old toddler and a seven-month-old baby. Her husband left her after it emerged during antenatal check-ups that she is HIV-positive. Eunice occasionally takes on odd jobs, such as doing laundry, to try to keep herself …
Kenya · Nairobi (Kibera) · * 2013
Social circumstances: Leonard is a baby boy who lives with his three siblings and his single mother, Rebecca. His father left the family in June last year. Given his mother’s usual meagre monthly income – she sells maize at local markets in Nairobi – the …
Kenya · Nairobi · 10 years
Social circumstances: Clyde, aged 10, lives with his single mother and leads a sad and difficult life. “At just 10 years old – how is that possible?”, you might ask! Then please read on: Medical condition: Since birth, Clyde has been incontinent, meaning he wets …