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Safe Surgery
BlogFor Catherine Conteh, there’s a moment from the birth of her daughter that still plays over and over in her mind, 30 years later. She had been lying in her hospital bed in Sierra Leone, in labor, writhing in untreated pain, for four days straight. The doctors told her that due to complications with her labor, she needed a Caesarean section surgery – one that 18-year-old Catherine and her husband, Augustine, couldn’t afford. Without payment up front, she would not be given the surgery.

‘The Gifts Within’: Hamadou Finds Hope
Blog, StoryHamadou was 4 years old when he came to the Africa Mercy® in Senegal.
By then, he had learned to cope with the physical limitations of his cleft lip, a gap in his upper lip that impacted his ability to swallow and eat, as well as how his teeth were growing. But the cleft lip continued to hold him back socially, even within his own family.
People in Hamadou’s community drink their water from a large pot that they share with other members of their household, as well as any guests.
“People would not want to drink from the same water pot as him,” said his mother Hawa.
While Hamadou was isolated in some ways, his mother was always by his side providing constant support.