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Wheelchairs for Sierra Leone

Thanks to the noble work of one generous man in Belgium who help us by donating these wheelchairs to our organization for people with disabilities in Sierra Leone. We have managed to successfully ship them to Sierra Leone. Please help to donate and make life changing for this people’s of disabilities in Sierra Leone. Lees verder →

Mariatu helped by our volunteer therapists

Mariatu Koroma, age two years seven months,  has never started to walk due to an undetermined developmental delay or neurological road block.  Africa Surgery brought Mariatu to the Adventist Hospital in Magbenteh, Sierra Leone where she began to be assessed and to receive treatment by Lena Lohmann and Manuela Bolte.  The two young physical therapist, […] Lees verder →

Idrissa Kamara enjoys his life again

Thanks to our Belgian neighbors and the wheelchairs they have donated, because Idrissa Kamara can now smile again. In name of the disabled community in Makeni Africa Surgery Netherlands would like to thanks all the people who donated the wheelchairs and financed the shipment for their compassion and help. Lees verder →

Aminata has her own sewing machine

Aminata Kamara, age 37, was disabled by polio as a child.  Some years ago Aminata earned a certificate in tailoring at a vocational school,  but she never managed to acquire a sewing machine.  She could only do piece- work in other tailors’ shops, and only if a machine equipped with a hand crank was available. […] Lees verder →

Africa Surgery patients recover from surgery

Abdulai Jalloh, was struck by a hit-and-run motorcyclist about four months ago in Sierra Leone, leaving his his upper-left arm fractured and with no hope of healing since the bone ends did not line up or touch each other. On November 5 Abdulai was seen by an orthopedic surgical team visiting Sierra Leone from the […] Lees verder →

A photo of Alpha and one of the ASN patients

I remembered my friend, brother and a patient of ASN (on the right) telling me at the time I visited Sierra Leone saying this disease have paralysed my spine today, but will never paralyse my dreams again. He was very courageous and strong in the mind and never let sorrow over took his life. ASN […] Lees verder →