Annual Report 2018
Education & Research
Awa Gueye at the Foundation Headquarters, Monaco
SENEGAL
SCHOLARSHIP AWA GUEYE In late 2012, a humanitarian mission by the Cuomo Foundation, in partnership with La Chaîne de l’Espoir, enabled lifesaving cardiac surgery to be successfully performed on 16-yearold Awa Gueye in Dakar, Senegal. Suffering from rheumatic mitral insufficiency, she has now fully recovered to lead a normal healthy life.
2 years of partnership
€ 2,256 of fundings
The successful opening of the Centre CardioPédiatrique Cuomo has enabled Awa to easily have access and benefit from continued on site monitoring. In 2017, the Foundation awarded Awa a full scholarship to study Biology and Chemistry at University. Currently in her second year of under-graduate studies, she hopes to pursue a research career in Molecular Science.
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