NIGERIA – When little Mohammed was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, his first cries were greeted with love by his parents, but also with a quiet fear. From the beginning, he struggled to feed properly, and Mohammed became malnourished and vulnerable to constant respiratory infections. By the time he was barely 5 months old, his tiny body had already endured far too many hospital visits. Along with the emotional toll their baby’s suffering had on Mohammed’s parents, the hospital visits dwindled the family’s already scarce resources.
Abdulahi and his wife have always done everything possible to provide for their struggling family but only manage to scrape by. Abdulahi sold vegetables in the local market while his wife worked as a tailor. Together, they earned the equivalent of less than $25 a month. This was barely enough to cover their children’s basic needs, let alone afford the surgery Mohammed needed.
“I’ve had to explain my son’s condition over and over,” Abdulahi said. “I didn’t even understand it myself. But I prayed that someone would help us.”
Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, that help finally arrived. You helped provide medical care through life-changing surgery, and at no expense to the family. With his cleft lip and palate corrected, you helped give this little boy a new chance at life. Now Mohammed can eat, his weight is improving, he can smile beautifully, and the constant respiratory infections have nearly disappeared.
For parents who were living in constant fear for their son’s survival, your support helped provide the medical care they desperately needed—and demonstrated the love of Christ.
“I am happy for the show of love,” Abdulahi said. “It is because of your love that my son is alive today.” And Mohammed is just one of many stories of healing taking place across the globe. Operation Blessing partners are helping provide medical care and funding surgeries that change lives and often save them.
