A photo essay from CURE Zambia.
Meet the Machinko family - Mr. and Mrs. Machinko and their twin sons, Tom and Tim. Mr. Machinko is a landscape contractor that works on the CURE Zambia grounds. He is passionate about doing a good job to keep the hospital looking its best. He is even more passionate about telling people how CURE Zambia transformed the lives of his sons.
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Join CUREkidsKabirou was one of the first patients that we met here at the hospital. I think we met him the second or third day we were in Niger, almost nine months ago. He came to CURE because his foot was totally deformed. When he was four years old, he injured his foot on a rock and wasn’t able to walk on it normally, so he started walking on the outside of his foot. At first he did this because of the pain. But he did this for such a long time that eventually he couldn’t walk on the bottom of his foot, and his foot was permanently deformed. »Read the rest of this entry
“CURE gives hope to babies” from New Vision
“Life and war in Afghanistan” (photo) from the Washington Post
“High School Students Impact Society With Senior Projects” (photo) from Gingham Patch
“Time for Tim” from Philippine Daily Inquirer
Tigist is a little girl who is 11 months old. The name Tigist means “patience.” Her mother is a young woman who loves her little girl very much. Her mother was taken by force and “married” illegally, meaning the man took her, raped her, and forced her to stay with him. Eventually she became pregnant. When the pregnancy became obvious to her “husband,” he no longer had use for her and kicked her out. According to the predominant religions of this area, it is not allowed to have sex with a pregnant woman, so she was dismissed.
Haoua has been at the hospital for a few weeks. She came with her mom, Hadiza, and her little brother, Ganiou. She came to the hospital because she had a big tumor on her leg, and she has had it since she was 5 years old. She is 11 years old now.
Greetings from the desert! The weather has been very balmy, reaching ‘only’ to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, or maybe a bit higher. The cool times in the mornings are becoming very restricted to the early, early hours. The temperature being defined as ‘cool’ is climbing daily as well. Walking over to the hospital I am amazed just how hot the wind is as it stirs the air. Cool breezes are not a term for Al Ain these days. I can hardly wait for the hot days of summer! Yikes!! »Read the rest of this entry
“Niger replaces Afghanistan as worst place to be a mother” from Mission Network News
“ETV program at Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute is going well” from IFSBH
“Cure International’s hospital in Kabul” (photo) from The Baltimore Sun.
“Afghanistan no longer worst place for mothers – report” from AlertNet
“Afghan girls” (photo) from Reuters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lemoyne, PA – May 7, 2012 – The Board of Directors of CURE International announced today that they have unanimously chosen Dale Eugene Brantner as President and CEO of the organization. Mr. Brantner assumes this role from founder Dr. Scott Harrison, who was President and CEO of the organization since it was founded in 1996. »Read the rest of this entry
Sites on the way to Awasa
A few weeks ago our kids had spring break. We went outside of the bustling city of Addis for a long weekend to a town called Awasa. The town was about a five-hour drive south from where we normally are. Awasa is in a lush, green part of Ethiopia. It is located on a large lake. The drive was beautiful. We saw many herds of cattle and goats with young shepherds tending them – often five- or six-year-olds who were much smaller than the animals they cared for. I also saw a couple of herds of camels. I have seen individual camels in my life, but never a whole heard. They looked so majestic with their long graceful legs, all standing together. »Read the rest of this entry
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