We met Pranta and his mother, Salma, on the childhood cancer ward in Dhaka’s BSMMU which is supported by World Child
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Latifa's storyGhana
Latifa came from a large, loving family in Zoosali, a village in northern Ghana. She was just three years old when she developed eye cancer.
Latifa’s family first noticed that something was wrong when a white spot appeared in her eye. When traditional medicines and eye drops failed to work, Latifa’s parents took her to the eye clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi where she underwent eye removal surgery.
The surgery cost Latifa’s family two months’ income, leaving them under severe financial pressure. Without enough money to pay for the
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Sangwani is 14 years old and is visiting Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi for the day to
