Emergency support for the consequences of 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar
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.
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.
The shunt is a fairly simple implant, needed to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid into the abdominal cavity. €52 is unaffordable in countries where simple farmers often earn less than €1 a day.
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.
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.
The Spirates—Manue, Benoit, and Nicolas—are living proof. All three have spina bifida, and they embarked on an extraordinary adventure: sailing from Saint-Malo, France, to Ireland, and then to Scotland, where they met with local Spina Bifida associations.
Read more
In many African societies, the birth of a child with a disability often deepens the already challenging position of women.
Read more
On Friday, March 28, 2025, a devastating earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar. The consequences were dramatic: hundreds dead, thousands injured and a health care system unable to cope with the influx of victims. The emergency is unprecedented and requires urgent aid
Read more
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.
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.
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.
