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Facing Futures
Success StoriesSila's StorySila Mteme, a bright seven-year-old boy from Kenya's Kamba tribe, was born with a horrible facial disfigurement called frontal nasal encephalocele. Simply put, Sila was born without the front portion of his skull. As a result, his brain had little... Henok's StoryHenok Addis was born with a severe tumor that covered nearly half of his face, making basic functions--such as smiling--difficult or impossible. He and his family live in Ethiopia and did not have access to the kinds of surgery necessary... Healing AbdulAn American bomb took part of this 4-year-old's jaw in Iraq; specialists at Shands Jacksonville meticulously restored it By CHERIE BLACK, The Times-Union So desperate was Abbas Shenawah to get help for his badly injured son that he offered to... |