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.
In the countries of the Global South where Child-Help is active, there is often a lack of basic medical equipment to enable children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus to receive the care they need. A mobile ultrasound device can make all the difference here – it enables the early detection of kidney damage (hydronephrosis), the diagnosis of hydrocephalus and also helps to recognise other internal conditions at an early stage.
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This €10,500 grant will allow our partner to educate medical staff, parents and other carers of children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus about the lifelong (after)care of children with these conditions.
The Bethany Kids team sent us the gripping report of their home visit to Patrick Njoroge in Dandora, close to the capital Nairobi.
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Daniil Zozulya, a photography master’s student at Kask & Conservatory in Ghent (Belgium), will spend a few weeks in Uganda as part of his internship. During his stay there he will visit some of Child-Help’s projects. He regularly sends out blog posts and pictures to share his impressions.
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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.
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.
