Averaging 50 patients per month, tooth pulling is by far Africa Surgery’s most far reaching program, helping more people than any other program. Our activities were slowed down in late December, when Ernest Amadu Tarawalie, the team member who heads the program, was involved in a motorcycle accident.
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Shieku Sesay, age 6, and his mother came from their village to our base in Freetown, with a live rooster in tow. Shieku needed surgical treatment for his large and often painful scrotal hernia. We accepted their gift – the rooster, but ended up not eating it ourselves.
After two years of study, Aminata Koroma, age 27, received her Certificate of Merit in Tailoring and…
Matilda Kamara was crippled by polio as a child. Through the ASI Student Sponsorship program, Africa Surgery is sponsoring Matilda to attend university and obtain certification to teach primary school
Foday Conteh, 40, is suffering from an extreme infection in his left jaw which is destroying the jaw- bone’s joint. The infection was probably caused by a decayed tooth. It
