VOTO(Voice Of The Oppressed) has just been notified of a serious health condition of one of ours, Bright Asangwei Fuh . The little 4 year old Bright from The Cameroons has been diagnosed with a rare kind of orbital tumor. A humanitarian organisation African Women's Development Foundation(AWDF)** has already taken the lead in this little boy's cause. The plan is to relocated him to the United States of America where treatment is suppose to begin. But the dollars have to come in to cover the bills for such a giant medical operation. Therefore, as the tears trickle as we read this story, let's remember to check out our wallets or credit cards etc.
**AWDF's contact: email: admin@africanwomensfoundation.org
Telephone: (+1) 678 663 5892
The Story As Reported By CRTV website(www.crtv.cm)
12/11/2008: The story of Fuh Bright Afangwei can hardly be told without holding back tears.
Born
of 23-year, Fuh Godwill and 21-year Ambesso Gladys, the story of this
4-year little boy started in 2006 when the child complained of right
eye pain.
The parents whose monthly income can be estimated at 25000
FRS CFA ($50) instantly took their first son in quest of a proper
diagnosis.After criss-crossing a numbers of health centres in the small
locality of Bafut where they lived, the boy was later referred to Acha
Annex in Bafoussam, a Hospital reputed for treating relatively
complicated eye problems.Godwill and Gladys welcomed the doctor’s
proposal to carry out a surgery on the sick eye; they even braved the
financial cost involved in the treatment.
Bright’s right eye was
operated upon; that was to begin a new page in the medical history of
this little boy who was just two at the time.Four months after the
operation, Bright’s mother recounts that the skin around the eye
progressively bloated.Several consultations at other medical centres
proved fruitless, and Gladys and Godwill cried aloud for help.
The
Director of the Bamenda Provincial Hospital heard the cry of
desperation and referred Bright to the Obstetric, Gynaecological
Hospital Yaoundé.In his referral letter of 23rd October 2008, the
Director noted that the child had been diagnosed with Right Orbital
Tumour.Since then, this family from Bafut, a rural area in the North
West Province , is painfully subjected to the odds of Yaoundé, the
capital city.The burden is heavy but they still cling on hope even
though, there have been no apparent improvement on the child, so
far.Close to six weeks after this new adventure, no solution seems to
be insight and as one of our readers indicated, the clock is ticking
faster for Bright and the confused Gladys and Godwill now depend on
people of goodwill to give them more reason to hope.
What African Women's Development Foundation(AWDF) Has Done So Far
On behalf of Bright Fuh's Friends and Supporters I wish to thank all those who called in to the Conference call
on Weds. Nov. 26 2008. Thanks to Mr. Gustav Efotte for Chairing the
Conference call, Ms Linda Vakunta for taking the Minutes and Pastor Mbu
Walters for the openning Prayers. Thanks to all organizations that were
represented, I know ACCDF USA had a strong presence. Due to the high
number of callers we were unable to register everyone present. We thank
you.
The conference call was certainly very productive with supporters calling in with a unanimous voice to help this child.
It was agreed that Bright Fuh should be given the opportunity to be treated in the USA.
It was agreed that AWDF Inc will be the Umbrella organization to handle this case since structures are already in place to do so.
It was also agreed that the child and the mother should be flown to the States as soon as possible.
A fund raising Drive will be launched to make the above possible.
Suporters will be able to contribute online thru paypal or directly to a bank account.
Several committees were set up to start some ground work.
Discussions on Fuh Bright and all developments
will take place on a forum dedicated to his case and supporters can
subscribe to this forum - simply send an email to :
A blog has also been set up which will carry updates on the child, please feel free to visit
The conference call Minutes are saved in a file in the Bright Fuh Yahoo group, upon signing up you will automatically receive the Minutes.
We urge all supporters to please si gn up to the
yahoogroups and stay current with developments. Please offer your
services by signing up for one of our committees that will be listed.
Thank you
Committee Chair
Mr. Gustav Efotte
Committe Co-Chair
Mr. Ivo Tasong, ACCDF USA
Spokes Person
Mr. Akoson Ako
Medical Adviser
Dr. Gwen Shang
Legal Guidance
Bokwe and Partners, Yaounde and Maryland
Financial Auditor
Esther Ayuk
Secretary
Linda Vakunta
AWDF Inc President
Lady Kate Njeuma
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