Blessing discharged from hospital, recovering from surgery!

I met Blessing during my last visit to Umuagwu, when I saw her dancing with a severe limp and learned she had been suffering from “polio induced clubbed foot” for almost all of her short life. Deacon Leo and I consulted with physicians, who recommended she undergo a...

Nurse Agatha: “I see them all as my children!”

I recently wrote about the partial reopening of schools in Nigeria in the continuing battle against COVID-19 and our need for medical supplies to ensure best health practices are followed. Proper use of medical supplies and implementation of official health directives...

Help HEAL fight Malaria!

On my first trip to Nigeria in 2014, a security guard stopped me at the airport in Lagos and said, “I need your Yellow Fever card.” I replied I didn’t have one, knowing it wasn’t required. He proceeded to take my passport and not return it until Deacon Leo arrived at...