External evaluation project Bethany Kids

For our project in partnership with Bethany Kids in Kenya, we are looking for an external evaluator to assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the project.

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Child-Help Award 2023: Nomination

Nominate 3 DIFFERENT people who are doing the work for the support groups.
Deadline: 10th May 2024, at noon EAT.

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Following Houses of Hope

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For a child growing up in poverty with spina bifida or hydrocephalus, your support makes a huge difference. Your donation means medical equipment or an operation. This significantly improves the quality of life and gives the child a future.

€20 = 1 year of continence material

Give a child continence materials for a year.

This is essential in the follow-up of children with spina bifida. This way, they are dry and infection-free and can have a real social life by going to school and playing with friends.

€47 = 1 shunt

Donate a shunt needed for life-saving surgery.

The shunt is a fairly simple implant, needed to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid into the abdominal cavity. €47 is unaffordable in countries where simple farmers often earn less than €1 a day.

€120 = 1 operation

Give a child continence materials for a year.

The surgeon uses an endoscope to make an opening in one of the ventricles of the brain, allowing the cerebrospinal fluid to leave and enter the bloodstream.

Donate to Child-Help

It is practically impossible to start life for children with spina bifida or hydrocephalus living in the South.

Support them – for everyone has the right to a humane existence.

Help children to have a worthwhile life.

News

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24.10.2023

World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day 2023

Today is World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus day.

Read further to see how you can participate in this special day.

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15.02.2023

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

As a result of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, thousands of people were buried under the rubble, and tens of thousands were injured.

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07.09.2023

Child-Help International Annual Report 2022

Annual Report 2022 consists of 3 main topics: Decolonization; Interview with Dr Shabani at MOI Hospital in Dar es Salaam; and the story of Lucy, a house mother at the House of Hope in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Podcasts

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Improving quality of life for people with spina bifida

 

 

 

 

 

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In this special World Spina Bifida Day episode, host Anders Tennby (Wellspect) explores the challenges and opportunities in improving quality of life for those with spina bifida. We are honored to have Pierre Mertens, President of Child-Help International, join the discussion. As a dedicated advocate and father to a daughter with spina bifida, Pierre brings a deeply personal perspective to the conversation, shedding light on the global disparities in care and support for individuals with this condition.

Alongside him is Hanna Gabrielsson, a registered nurse from Sweden with a thesis on adults with spina bifida, who provides valuable insights into the medical aspects of the condition, including the importance of consistent self-care and the impact of cognitive impairments.

 

[IN DUTCH] Podcast: From memory #5 Situation in-Ukraine Pierre-Mertens and Ihor Vitenko

This podcast is in Dutch language!

Conversation between Child-Help founders and Ukrainian wound care specialist about the emergency situation in Ukraine and Child-Help’s support.

Summary is available in English here.

[IN DUTCH] Podcast: From memory #4 Ronald Van Ham and Lieven Bauwens on the magic of a maker mentality

This podcast is in Dutch language!

Ronald Van Ham, a member of Team Scheire, tells a fascinating story of how people can use their tools to do things they could not have imagined in their wildest dreams.