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Expecting a Blessing: After Years of Waiting, Evance Receives Clubfoot Surgery

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 2:38 pm

By the time Dorothy arrived at CURE Malawi with her son, Evance, you could see in her face the journey she had endured. The extra farming jobs she picked up…

From Pain to Peace Because of You

Monday, February 6, 2023 at 1:25 pm

No child should have to drop out of school because of a painful, debilitating condition that is treatable. Yet, that is the decision Mgwayisi in Malawi was forced to make….

BBC News Features CURE Uganda’s Shuntless Solution for Hydrocephalus

Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 1:27 pm

Thirteen years ago in Kenya, a two-week-old baby named Milan was diagnosed with acquired hydrocephalus, a life-threatening condition in which fluid builds up inside the child’s brain at the time…

Living Her Dreams: New Milestones, New Beginnings, and Abundant Blessings

Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 3:13 pm

After her clubfoot was surgically corrected, Lucy gained the confidence to interact with people and pursue her dreams. Today, if you met 22-year-old Lucy from Kenya, you might not believe…

This is Carmen!

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 4:32 pm

Recently, Dr. Collen at CURE Zimbabwe completed the first procedure to separate his fingers at no cost to him or his family. Without this care, his genetic condition would likely…

Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman in a blue top.

Eda’s Dream: A Young Girl’s Journey to Healing and Her Goal of Becoming a Nurse

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 4:29 pm

In places where medical resources are scarce, simple childhood accidents can become lifelong disabilities. This could have been the case for Eda, a charming and resilient 14-year-old girl from Malawi,…

People gathered around a child in a hospital bed

The CUREkid that melted the heart of the President

Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:19 am

On 14th May 2021, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, paid an official visit to the CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe to celebrate its grand…

From cursed to blessed, three sisters are treated for brittle bone disease in Niger

Friday, May 28, 2021 at 1:54 pm

“Cursed! Cursed!” is usually yelled or whispered around the corners of African rural areas about someone who is visibly sick. It is common for a child who has an obvious condition,…

Making friends and finding healing: Meet Swabra!

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Pictured above: Swabra, her mother, and her brother at CURE Kenya Swabra is an 8-year-old happy, enthusiastic, and inquisitive girl. Unfortunately, when she was four years old, Swabra contracted malaria. She was taken…

Traveling from Zimbabwe to Zambia to be healed: Christian finds a way!

Christian is a strong, intelligent, young Zimbabwean man who just so happened to be born with a condition called clubfoot. With this condition, his feet essentially curve in on themselves….

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Expecting a Blessing: After Years of Waiting, Evance Receives Clubfoot Surgery

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