Whilst volunteering in Cape Coast, Ghana last year I met (then) 5 year old Iffie. She was born with a defect to her left lower leg. She lives with constant pain in her leg and receives no medication to help her live with this condition. She cannot weight bear on the leg and has to hop around to mobilise. This is resulting in damage to the ankle, knee and hip joints in her good leg. She will eventually lose all mobility and in the absence of any wheelchair or aids in this country she will be housebound. She is unable to attend state school as she cannot walk and is missing out completely on her education. She is socially isolated due to her difficulties and is becoming quite withdrawn in general.

In Ghana, if you cannot work - you cannot earn and cannot eat. The future is not looking bright for this young girl. I have funded initial consultations and tests and was initially informed by her Orthopaedic Surgeons that she will need a series of operations to correct the leg. However a year on the skin is now so broken down and the leg so damaged that it is no longer salvagable. She now needs the lower leg to be amputated. Amputation will save her and give her the best chance of being pain free and then hopefully. walking with a prosthetic limb. My father and I have already raised just under £1000 but I need to raise a further £1000 to meet the cost of amputation. Any help anyone can offer will be gratefully accepted.

So please donate and help young Iffie, not only to walk and be pain free but to secure her a future worth living.