By LeAnn Fickes | Operations & Development Manager
Hello supporters!
We'd like to thank you for your continued support and update you on our progress in 2014. We are really pleased to report that our project in Ghana continues to make lots of progress and more and more children are receiving treatment for cancer. Thank you!
Your support is helping children like Faustina receive life-saving cancer treatment. Five-year-old Faustina was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (eye cancer) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Thanks to your help, Faustina has had surgery and several rounds of chemotherapy. She's now back in school and continues to receive check-ups at the hospital. Faustina's father Eric told nurse Janet Sarpong, "The hospital has done a very good job. If you were not here, Faustina would not be with us."
Pediatric cancer treatment costs at least $700 per child - a price that is out of reach for most families in Ghana. Thanks to your donations, World Child Cancer covers the cost of drugs, care, and treatment to ensure every child diagnosed has a chance to fight cancer. To learn more, please read this article by the Financial Times on the cost of cancer care in Ghana here.
Our next project visit and training workshops will take place at the end of May at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. A two-day training will be held to teach local medical staff childhood cancer care techniques and will include several clinical workshops. Additionally, a sustainability planning meeting will be held with the Ministry of Health, hospital administration, local nongovernmental organizations, World Child Cancer, parent support group members, and project leaders. During this meeting, we'll plan how we can help more children with cancer in Ghana. Stay tuned for more pictures and updates in our next report!
THANK YOU once again to all of our amazing supporters for allowing us to continue helping these children in Ghana! Please contact LeAnn at leann.fickes@worldchildcancer.us if you have any questions or would like more information - we're always happy to hear from you.
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