This week
we started a project with a disabled boy from our community. He is ten years
old and his name is Mfando. Mfando`s left arm and foot are debilitated and he
isn`t able to walk for 9 years now.
We started
this project because a teacher from Austria spent a big amount of money with
her class to us to help this boy – many, many thanks to Mrs Erika and her
pupils!
We went for
a two-day’s journey to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (one of the best hospitals
in the Northern Region). They made a lot of test with Mfando and two doctors
examined him. They told us that he had suffered from Polio as a child. The effect
is, that the brain is affected and because of that he`s not able to walk. They
also told us, that the best idea would be to consult a neurologist, but in the
Northern Region they don`t have one. So the only possibility is to go to an
orthopedic specialist – hopefully he can tell us how to help Mfando. We have to
come back next week to the hospital, because the specialist is only working on
Tuesdays.
All
together we had two exhausting days in Tamale because we had to wait many hours
and were sent from one doctor to another. On the other side we`re getting
closer to help Mfando and he had a great and exciting time there because it was
his first time to be in a city.
Ready to start the journey: Halidu (Mfandos uncle), Mfando, Julia (volunteer), Eklimatu (social worker) |
The doctor takes blood from Fando for the tests. |
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