Africa Surgery

Umu, a hearing-impaired woman in Sierra Leone, received clothes and a 5-month supply of epilepsy medication, highlighting the struggles faced by individuals with epilepsy due to high transportation costs for medications. Many suffer from frequent seizures, leading to injuries. Local awareness and support are critical for such vulnerable communities.

Mobility World Wide (www.mobilityworldwide.org) again provided Africa Surgery with 70 free mobility carts which we shipped in our 40-foot container in November 2024.  The carts were mostly distributed in groups of 8-to-10,

Severe hearing loss is relatively common in Sierra Leone, because of the high fevers that babies suffer due to malaria and other diseases.  Sr. Amala Santhiyagu of the Sisters of

Many people in Sierra Leone go blind due to infections that can often be cured. Some eye ailments, such as glaucoma, can be controlled with medication. Others, such as cataracts and pterygium, can be successfully treated with surgery. Every year Africa Surgery helps scores of people to preserve or regain their vision and see the world clearly again.

Adema Tarawallie, age 40, first came to us in July 2020. For five years a bone tumor had been growing and consuming her lower jaw. Dr. Davis, the oral surgeon mentioned above, can remove her tumor by removing her entire lower jaw, but he does not have the necessary equipment or the titanium implant needed to reconstruct her face afterwards.