by Brenda van Straten | Jan 10, 2020 | Patient Stories
Before her tumor, Seny was studying economics at the University of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. With goals to graduate and get a job in finance, the future looked bright for this highly intelligent young woman. Then, suddenly, a small bump appeared on the inside of...
by Brenda van Straten | Aug 27, 2019 | Patient Stories
Sometimes the biggest change we see in our patients has nothing to do with the medical condition our volunteers treated. After free surgery onboard the Africa Mercy, Isatu is healing on the inside and the outside. No “thank you” could ever mean as much as...
by Brenda van Straten | Aug 27, 2019 | Patient Stories
At 3 years old, cataracts caused Monique’s world to fade. Now 10, she is shy & timid, staying at home with her grandmother instead of going to school. Monique, eye patient, at her home before surgery. At 6 years old, she had almost lost her sight completely. She...
by Brenda van Straten | Jun 11, 2019 | Patient Stories
Confort never imagined the morning she put on a pot of boiling water to make some rice for her hungry daughters would be the start of a mother’s nightmare. One-year-old Gamai, who had just started walking, toddled past the pot knocking it over as she fell. As the...
by Brenda van Straten | Apr 15, 2019 | Patient Stories, Video
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by Brenda van Straten | Apr 8, 2019 | Patient Stories, Uncategorized
When Mafoudiya was born, her mother, Mabinty, was unable to truly enjoy her child’s bright eyes or sweet smile because of the worry that consumed her. Her daughter was born with a cleft lip, and the family had little access to medical help. Due to Mafoudiya’s cleft...
