Surgery can save a life, ease pain and restore function, but recovery doesn't stop when a patient walks out of theatre. In humanitarian settings, that same patient might also be dealing with displacement, separation from family, money worries, grief or trauma from...
On Easter Sunday in Ghana, Charity was joined by her family as they sang and danced in the company of a jubilant congregation. Today, she’s a key member of this church—cleaning as well as handling church offerings—but, just a few years ago, she couldn’t bring herself...
For more than a decade, Vaviroa lived with a growing goiter on her neck in the small village of Madirovalo, Madagascar. But the physical burden was only part of her story. She was also carrying the heartbreak of losing her only son and the loneliness that lingered. ...
In Malagasy tradition, new mothers are expected to remain in bed for weeks after giving birth. But just days after Alfredo was born, Doxie made a decision that would shape her son’s future. Despite her exhaustion and physical weakness, she wrapped her new-born in her...
“Can’t you really see me, Grandma?” After Delphine lost her sight, her three-year-old grandson often asked her the question. When they walked together, he would gently take her hand and guide her forward. At mealtimes, her daughter, Noronette, carefully placed food in...
“I’m healed from inside, not just from outside... that’s the most important thing.” Sitting after work in his red deck crew uniform, Sheku Conteh scrolls through old photos of himself. The images take him back to a chapter of his life he has never forgotten. Sheku was...