WAVC July 2025 Newsletter Update!

 We won’t sugarcoat this: thousands of lives—mostly very young children—are at risk right now as you receive this newsletter update online. With your support, we can respond quickly to alarming clusters of seizure disorder populations and other health issues affecting little ones. In particular, when identified early, seizure disorders can often be treated with simple, low-cost medication. We have amazing stories of recoveries!  The sad and deadly alternative is unthinkable to us. 

The West Africa Village for Children, based in Bo, Sierra Leone, focuses on supporting children from 6 different Chiefdoms with disabilities, seizure disorders, and serious illnesses. We also participate in supporting 2 orphanages in Wellington and Waterloo near Freetown. Our Bo facility at Kakua provides in-patient and out-patient services, supporting more than 250 children from these communities. Monthly outreach to these Chiefdoms ensures continued medical care, nutrition, and identification of new children in need, aided by our local scouts.

Here are just a few of our countless success stories:

NANCY (Abdominal Mass) -  A BEACON OF HOPE TO MANY 

Six-year-old Nancy Musa was abandoned, labeled “evil,” and cast out with her mother by a fearful, misinformed community after suffering for years from a painful stomach condition. Homeless and stigmatized, they found refuge in Daru, where Nancy’s life changed when a team from West Africa Village for Children (WAVC) arranged for her life-saving surgery—fully funded by WAVC. Today, Nancy is healthy, back in school, and reunited with her community, while her mother, now employed, expresses deep gratitude for the support that restored their dignity. WAVC remains committed to helping children like Nancy through healthcare, education, and compassion—and invites you to join in changing lives, one child at a time.

SUMA - A LOST & INJURED LAMB THAT WAS FOUND  

Suma was badly injured while helping his father with construction work, crushed by a falling wall and left in a hospital bed for 3 ½ months while paralyzed from the neck down. A compassionate nurse took him in, and eventually a WAVC scout discovered him, weak and near death.  WAVC facilitated surgery to stabilize his fractured neck.  Within a few days he began to move both hands.  It was then discovered he also had a fractured femur and had more surgery.  He has been receiving physical therapy and continues to gain movement in his arms and lower extremities.   Since being welcomed into the care of West Africa Village for Children, Suma has received nourishment, additional medical attention and renewed hope.  Today, his family is overjoyed- and his future is finally looking brighter. 

Your support makes stories like this possible.

EPILEPSY - A HUGE NEED REMEDIED BY SIMPLE MEDICATIONS

As we visit villages in search of children in need, we continue to find little ones (and some that are older) wrongly labeled as  “evil” or contagious—when they are actually showing clear signs  of seizure disorders. With early diagnosis and simple medication, we’ve seen remarkable turnarounds We’ve had several cases where a child had stopped walking and/or talking because of repetitive convulsions, then after only a short time of treatment with medications, these symptoms have resolved. These children, once isolated and hopeless, are now thriving with just a little help. This growing group urgently needs our attention, and we are committed to focusing our efforts on bringing them healing and hope. We need your help to make this a possibility for them. Follow our Facebook page to stay up to date on our progress!  Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westafricavillageforchildren

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Thank you for your compassion and for being a beacon of hope to these children. 

With deepest gratitude,

Darius R. Maggi MD

Founder West Africa Fistula Foundation &

West Africa Village for Children