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Ghana · Accra · 30 years
Social circumstances: Celina is a single mother to a young boy whom, despite a severe physical disability, she is able to raise with the help of her family and send to school herself. Her life is hard… Medical details: Since childhood, Celina has suffered from …
Ghana · Accra · 32 years
Social circumstances: Ruth is a single mother who currently works as a temporary staff member in an African restaurant in Accra. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions on public life, she has not had a sufficient income over the past few months and has been keeping …
Abdul-Fatawu Tanko Age: 11 years / male Medical diagnosis: Osteomyelitis on the right leg above the knee level. He also developed an acute osteo mylases of the left hand above elbow Abdul-Fatawu Tanko is a boy of 11 years old who lives with his old …
Abdul-Rahaman Rafiya Age: 13 years / female Medical diagnosis: Osteomyelitis on the left knee level. Abdul-Rahaman Rafiya is 13 years of age and also suffering from osteomalysis. She is out of school due to the challenge she is facing as a young girl, she feels …
Tijani Fauzan Age: 15 years / male Medical diagnosis: Acute osteomylitis on the right leg. Tijani Fauzan is suffering from Osteomyelitis as described by the medical practitioners. He is 15 years of age and is in school. But his condition does not allow him to …
Dear Tulisa friends, Here are three cases of chronic osteomyelitis in Ghanaian boys from Tamale in northern Ghana. We have left them in English so that you can get an idea of how patients and local non-governmental organisations approach us. Case 1: Tijani – 15-year-old …
Liberia · Pujehun (District) · 18 years
Social circumstances: Dr Alyssa Los (Field Research Coordinator in Sierra Leone / Department of Emergency Paediatrics, Washington University) came across Ibrahim Saidu, a farmer’s son from the Pujehun District, during her consultations whilst working in Liberia, West Africa, at the end of last year. He …
Ghana · Takoradi · 11 years
Social circumstances: Maame lives in a poor family of day labourers in the Ghanaian port and industrial city of Takoradi on the Gulf of Guinea. Maame suffers from neurofibromatosis, which has severely disfigured her body, particularly her face. As a result, she no longer attends …
Madagascar · Antananarivo (Ambodisaha) · * 2004
Social circumstances: Larissa and her family live in very poor conditions. Her father is a bricklayer by trade, but only manages to find odd jobs from time to time. Her mother is a housewife and looks after their five children – of whom Larissa is …
Christina Haverkamp founded Yanomami-Hilfe e.V. to support the indigenous peoples of South America, in particular the Yanomami Indians in Brazil and Venezuela.Source of text & photo: www.yanomami-hilfe.de Since 2015, Tulisa has been in close contact with the German organisation YANOMAMI-HILFE e.V. (URL: www.yanomami-hilfe.de): The aim …