Matilda has been a teacher for 29 years and has spent the past nine teaching children with cancer on the day care ward
Our Stories
Meet some of the patients, families and teams who have inspired us in our work to ensure children with cancer in the developing world have equal access to treatment and care.
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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Patients and Families 10.09.19
Meet seven-year-old Mawusi. Mawusi was accurately diagnosed with cancer this past May and has since been receiving
Patients and Families 10.09.19
Meet 12-year-old Esi. Esi is a day patient at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana, supported by World Child
Patients and Families 04.09.19
When we met 15-year-old Commie on a recent programme visit in Kumasi, Ghana, he was spending five days on the cancer
Patients and Families 29.08.19
Maung Kaung is an 11-year-old boy from Southern Myanmar. After he was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2018, his mother Ohn
Survivors 28.08.19
This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we want to celebrate the successful treatments of children like Rebecca. We
Patients and Families 29.05.19
Ibrahim lays on the bed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka. His mother looks worried as
Patients and Families 22.05.19
“When my son was young, he was a great student of English. We had high hopes for him to become a business man when he
Patients and Families 15.05.19
Bayezid is in pain. His mother, Avi, rubs his back as he lays face down on the bed that has been his home for a month