Check-Up highlights the physical and spiritual transformation happening around the CURE children’s hospital network. These stories are made possible by God’s grace and the generous partners and supporters dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable children living with disabilities.
Throughout Check-Up, some hospital references use the shortened version of their legal name.
ABOUT CURE
CURE International is a Christian nonprofit organization that operates a global network of eight pediatric hospitals providing world-class surgical and intentional ministry care for children living with treatable disabilities. CURE donors help provide services at no cost for families living in poverty.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Your generosity is renewing hope and serving more kids than ever.
CURE NEWS
Celebrate a life-saving run, a groundbreaking surgery, and 200 lives changed in one community.
EVERY CHILD MATTERS A LIFE RECONSTRUCTED
After losing his nose, Daniel hid from the world. Today, he faces the future with con dence.
FEATURE STORY TRANSFORMATION AFTER TRAUMA
When natural disasters strike, wild animals attack, or accidents occur, CURE helps kids heal.
ON THE FRONTLINES FROM REFUGEE TO WORLD-CLASS SURGEON Dr. Fasto Ladu escaped war in Sudan— now he brings hope to children in Niger.
VISION PARTNERS HEALING SPINES, CHANGING FUTURES
A powerful partnership is changing spine care in Kenya.
Serving God’s Kingdom, Together
ABY JUSTIN NARDUCCI President/CEO
s always, it is an honor to share the latest edition of Check-Up. Every story re ects lives transformed and hope renewed when it seemed altogether lost—a tribute to the expertise of dedicated doctors, the power of Christ-centered, compassionate care, and the generosity of supporters like you.
As we look to the future, we are constantly improving our e orts to serve more kids, including through more complex, highly technical surgeries. On page 8, you’ll meet Daniel from Zambia. Dr. Meredith and her team reconstructed Daniel’s nose using skin from his forehead and cartilage from his ears and rib. Incredible!
Our hospital network also remains an integral source of safe, reliable healthcare in underresourced areas. We provide help when it is needed most, including transformative follow-up care after accidents and other traumatic incidents (see page 12).
And our dedication to training future surgeons and medical workers is at the forefront of our mission. We’re thankful for passionate surgeons and hospital leaders like Dr. Fasto Ladu, who overcame the challenges of displacement as a child in Sudan to become a driving force in healthcare. Learn more about his calling on page 16.
I can’t say it enough—thank you for making all of this possible! Last year, we performed more surgeries and shared the gospel with more children and families in need than ever before. And we look forward to expanding our hospitals to serve even more children in the years to come.
ank you for joining us in serving God’s kingdom by providing life-changing surgical care and sharing the message of Jesus throughout the world!
below: Justin (center) prays with siblings Joseph (right) and Mary (left) before their surgeries. He's joined by their mother, Mary, and Pastor Bruce McEvoy from Chapelstreet Church (far left).
Striving for the Highest-Quality Care
CURE Kenya passed an important milestone by becoming the sixth hospital in CURE’s network to achieve a Level 5 international accreditation (the highest standard possible) with the SafeCare Standard of Excellence. Two of our hospitals are at an impressive Level 4 and on their way to reaching Level 5 as well.
Why is this important? SafeCare is an innovative standards-based approach designed to improve healthcare in low- and middleincome countries, where access to highquality services is limited. ese high-level accreditations aren’t just a shiny badge. ey signify CURE’s dedication to breaking down barriers to quality healthcare and providing the safest healing environment possible—because every child deserves excellence in care.
CURE Kenya staff members celebrate the hospital’s commitment to providing kids with the highest standard of care possible.
left: After surgery at CURE, Miracle can look forward to a healthy future.
A Groundbreaking Microsurgery with Major Impact
Patience remembers the heartbreak of watching her daughter Blessings, born with a thumb but no ngers on her left hand, struggle with simple tasks like picking up objects.
But in a groundbreaking procedure, surgeons at CURE Zimbabwe, along with visiting Hand Surgeon Dr. Jamil Moledina from St. George’s Hospital in the UK, performed the hospital’s rst toe-to- nger transplant, making Blessings’s hand usable for the rst time!
During an intricate 13-hour microsurgery, the team carefully
right: The event raised $125,000— enough to sponsor 85 surgeries.
Big Strides to Save Lives
It’s a fact that running provides many health bene ts—but in Uganda, it’s saving lives. CURE Uganda hosted their eighthannual Brain Surgery Run to increase awareness and nancial support for children facing life-threatening neurological conditions.
Over 1,000 participants took part, raising an incredible $125,000 to sponsor 85 surgeries—the most successful run to date. Tim Erickson, CURE Uganda’s Executive Director, emphasized the event’s impact: “Every step taken today is a step toward saving lives. Every shilling raised ensures that children get the care they need.”
ese funds will help more children like Miracle, who was treated at CURE for encephalocele. After surgery, she now has a chance at a full, healthy life.
Visit cure.org/hospitals/uganda to learn more about these conditions.
transferred her toe—along with its tendons, nerves, arteries, veins, and bones—to her hand, giving her a second nger. During a recent occupational therapy session at CURE, Blessings proudly picked up a grain of rice—thrilled to show o how she’s learning to use her hand.
“Now, she can dress herself!” says Patience. “I can see she smiles a lot now. ank God for the generous donors. Please know how much we appreciate you.”
After surgery at CURE, Blessings can pick up tiny objects, twist a cap, and hold a pencil—things she could not do before!
New Faces, Same Mission: Drs. Claude
and Rhoda Lead Hospitals
Two of our hospitals are happy to welcome new Executive Directors. At CURE Niger, Dr. Claude Akakpo lled the role vacated by George Găvruș. A native French speaker from Togo, Dr. Claude has spent much of his professional career in hospital administration throughout West Africa and most recently helped run a hospital in Mali.
And in Malawi, Dr. Rhoda Kriek began as Executive Director after Elly Chemey was promoted to serve as CURE’s Director of Programs. Originally from Kenya, she most recently served as Chief Executive/Founder of a private healthcare company.
Whether managing the hospital’s needs or leading teams, Drs. Claude and Rhoda are passionate about the gospel and dedicated to CURE’s mission to help more kids heal.
top: Dr. Rhoda has a heart for making a difference in the lives of children and families in underserved communities.
bottom: Dr. Claude views his work as both a professional responsibility and a calling to exemplify the compassion God expects from all of us.
One Community,
200 Lives Changed
Your generous support of CURE has brought life-changing surgeries and the hope of Jesus into the lives of 200 children living in Malaybalay, a remote region of the Philippines.
Tebow CURE Philippines has partnered with the local government there to create a lifeline for children with treatable disabilities in one of the country’s most challenging geographic regions, where rugged terrain makes specialized medical care tough to access.
Before this partnership, Malaybalay’s children had little hope of getting the medical care they needed, trapping
Two hundred children in Malaybalay, Philippines, received life-changing surgeries—and gathered to celebrate it.
them in a cycle of poverty and exclusion.
Now, the city government helps identify patients and arranges transport to CURE for lifechanging surgical care. Plus, our spiritual team trains local church leaders, building a community of support. We’re thankful to our partners who work closely with us to bring healing to kids in hard-toreach areas.
14,000 Reasons to Cheer
We have much to celebrate in Niger and Zimbabwe, as both hit major milestones in patient care. CURE Niger performed their 10,000th procedure since opening in 2010—a huge accomplishment, especially considering the hospital was closed for several weeks in late 2023 due to the military coup.
Meanwhile, CURE Zimbabwe marked their 4,000th procedure! Since opening in 2021, they have continued to grow and remain the rst and only charitable hospital to provide orthopedic care for children with disabilities in the country of 14 million. With the introduction of the plastic and reconstructive surgery service, the expansion of their surgical sta , and a prosthetics and orthotics service launching later this year, the hospital is set to keep breaking records and transform more lives than ever before.
Thanks to surgery at CURE Zimbabwe, Hansan (top) can walk—one of 4,000 life-changing procedures completed at the hospital. Meanwhile, at CURE Niger (bottom), patients celebrate the hospital's 10,000th procedure.
Scan here to watch a video of how healing happens at Tebow CURE Philippines.
a life reconstructed
Hidden from the World
Following his father's passing and his mother's struggles to support the family, 10-year-old Daniel developed a small pimple on his nose that became infected, severely damaging his nose and eroding his self-esteem. He began avoiding mirrors and social interactions.
I’m not
sure if I don’t like playing outside, or maybe I’m just too ashamed of what I look like.”
—DANIEL “
Daniel thought he’d have to hide his face from the world forever—until skilled surgeons at CURE Zambia reconstructed his nose and his confidence.
reconstructed
Connected to Hope
Staff at the group home where Daniel was living connected him with Beit-CURE Children's Hospital of Zambia (CURE Zambia), one of the few medical facilities equipped to help. There, Dr. Meredith Workman, one of the country's only plastic and reconstructive surgeons, became dedicated to helping Daniel heal.
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Daniel had scars on the outside, but you could see how scarred he was on the inside. I never saw him smile.”
—DR. MEREDITH
A New Reflection
Over three surgeries, Dr. Meredith and her team constructed Daniel’s nose using skin from his forehead and cartilage from his ears and rib. Daniel’s inner transformation was just as obvious as his physical one. He began to look in the mirror and play outside.
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You
have no idea how much you’ve helped this boy!”
—LILLIAN, DANIEL’S CAREGIVER
top: Daniel offers a shy smile with Dr. Meredith (left) and Lillian, his caregiver (right).
bottom: Child Mentor Lillian (left) shares the story of Moses, teaching Daniel about God's faithfulness.
A Story Rewritten
Now, Daniel is a joyful and active child who enjoys soccer with friends. He dreams of becoming a pilot and says, “I want to visit places I’ve never been to!” Thanks to generous supporters like you, Daniel can embrace the life God intended for him.
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I feel so good because I have a nose . . . I am thrilled I can return to school now!”
—DANIEL
below: Surgery changed Daniel’s life, relationships, and hope for the future.
transformation after trauma
After a traumatic event like an accidental fall, a wild animal encounter, or a natural disaster, CURE provides the comprehensive care necessary for kids to fully heal.
The glimmering water of the Shangani River looked irresistible to 13-year-old Lungisani and his friends. ey were sweating and hot with thirst after herding cattle in their Zimbabwean village, so they approached the river’s banks.
“One moment, I was just standing in the river helping my friends to dig a small well, and in a split second, a crocodile was dragging me by my leg,” Lungisani recalls.
He managed to get away from the croc’s vicious jaws, but his leg was severely broken and bleeding profusely.
A local hospital treated Lungisani’s immediate injuries, but he needed more extensive care. So he returned home in excruciating pain, unable to participate in daily life or attend school.
CURE: WHEN HELP IS NEEDED MOST
CURE hospitals provide surgery for kids living with life-limiting but treatable disabilities. ese conditions are usually congenital, but sometimes, as in Lungisani’s case, they develop from unexpected—and devastating—circumstances.
One moment, I was just standing in the river helping my friends to dig a small well, and in a split second, a crocodile was dragging me by my leg.”
—LUNGISANI
Local hospitals provide immediate emergency care after a traumatic incident, often saving the patient’s life and making sure they are stable enough to return home. But when injuries exceed the sta ’s expertise or resources, or the medical care a patient needs isn’t available (common issues in the countries CURE serves), they are referred elsewhere.
at’s where you step in! anks to your generous support, our CURE hospitals are equipped with knowledgeable sta , highly skilled surgeons, and advanced medical equipment and resources to help in the most dire circumstances—all at no cost to patients or their families.
OVERCOMING TRAUMA WITH LIFE-CHANGING CARE
While most CURE patients haven’t fought a crocodile and won, traumatic injuries like Lungisani’s aren’t uncommon. According to the World Health Organization, the top ve causes of unintentional injuries in low- and middle-income countries where CURE serves
Causes of Injuries in Low-Income Countries
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traffic injuries
*Source: World Health Organization
include: road tra c injuries, falls, burns, drowning, and poisoning.
ese incidents can drastically change a child’s life in an instant, leaving them with limited mobility and unable to take part in school, family, or community life. But through specialized
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CURE provided Lungisani with the specialized care he needed to fully heal.
AND WHEN THEY DO, CURE IS THERE TO HELP.
Learn about the patients who survived traumatic incidents and had their lives transformed at CURE—thanks to your generosity!
natnael ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
Ethiopia, Violent Conflict
Thirteen-year-old Natnael was living a quiet life, attending school and helping with his family’s modest farm when he was caught in the crossfire of a violent conflict.
With half his limbs missing, he faced a dark future of exclusion and isolation.
At CURE Ethiopia, Natnael received surgery to straighten his left leg and a custom-fit prosthetic arm and leg. Today, his mobility—and independence—are restored!
arfon
Kenya, House Fire
In the heart of southeast Kenya, small villages like where Arfon lives have limited healthcare options. When Arfon was only four months old, she suffered a devastating burn in a house fire but couldn’t receive the surgical care she desperately needed to heal properly.
For 12 long years, her forearm was fused to her upper arm, robbing her of a hopeful future. But thanks to surgery at CURE Kenya, Arfon's life was totally transformed. Now, she can fully extend her arm, making her future possibilities endless!
adriano
Malawi, Cyclone Victim
On March 12, 2023, tropical cyclone Freddy hit Malawi, tragically killing 1,200+ people and injuring 1,700+. Among the injured was Adriano, 10 at the time, who suffered a broken tibia.
He was in terrible pain and unable to walk on his leg—until his family found CURE Malawi, which had opened their doors to ease the burden on local hospitals and help those affected by the storm. After surgery, Adriano can walk and run unhindered, and he dreams of one day becoming a doctor to help other kids with treatable disabilities.
salifou
Niger, Accidental Fall
What began as a fun donkey ride turned into a nightmare for eight-year-old Salifou when he fell and broke his wrist. His family took him to a local traditional healer who splinted his wrist, but he was still in excruciating pain and unable to use his hand. When his hand turned black, the family finally took him to a local hospital, which referred him to CURE Niger.
Surgeons repaired the fracture, followed by months of casting and physical therapy. Salifou now has full use of his hand and can do any activity— including washing, cleaning, drawing, and writing!
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We're grateful to serve alongside local hospitals and provide referred patients like Lungisani much-needed care to restore them to their full potential."
— JONATHAN SIMPSON CURE Zimbabwe's Executive Director
surgical care, expert medical follow-ups, and ongoing rehabilitation, CURE ensures that children not only heal physically but also are empowered to walk, play, and thrive again.
ankfully, the local hospital Lungisani was visiting for wound care referred him to CURE Children's Hospital of Zimbabwe (CURE Zimbabwe) for limb reconstruction.
“Traumatic injuries can have lasting complications that negatively alter a child’s entire future,” says CURE Zimbabwe’s Executive Director, Jonathan Simpson. “We’re grateful to serve alongside local hospitals and provide referred patients like Lungisani much-needed care to restore them to their full potential.”
At CURE, Lungisani underwent four surgeries, spent three months recovering in the hospital’s long-stay ward, and endured extensive physical therapy to learn to walk on his leg again. He and his father, Nhlanhla, also received counseling, learned about God's love, and accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Today, Lungisani is fully recovered and walking in Christ.
Your support is more than just a gift—it’s the lifeline that restores children’s futures. rough your generosity, we can continue to provide the crucial care and resources needed to restore hope and health to children in need..
Dr. Andrew Hodges performs the first surgery to repair Lungisani's crushed leg.
Lungisani, a skilled artist, enjoyed passing the time at CURE by drawing pictures.
After biblical counseling to process the shock of the attack, Lungisani and Nhlanhla accepted Christ!
WORLD-CLASS SURGEON From Refugee to
Dr. Fasto meets with Emanuel in the consultation area.
Driven by his deep faith and a calling to serve, Medical Director Dr. Fasto Ladu leads CURE Niger in providing lasting, transformative care in one of the world's poorest nations.
When Medical Director Dr. Fasto Ladu makes his rounds at CURE Children’s Hospital of Niger (CURE Niger), the bright eyes of his hopeful patients remind him of someone: himself.
“Many of my patients come from extreme hardship,” he says. “I see myself in them.”
With a poverty rate of nearly 50 percent, Niger is one of the most underserved nations in the world, and terrorist violence often displaces families.
Niger’s circumstances mirror Dr. Fasto’s life growing up in the 1980s in Juba, today part of South Sudan, during the Second Sudanese Civil War—a con ict marked by famine, mass killings, and widespread displacement. When he was ten, he and his ve siblings at the time were forced to ee with their mother to a nearby village, leaving school and his father behind in Juba.
A CLEAR CALLING
Dr. Fasto has continued to trust the Lord throughout his life. After a life-changing illness as a teenager and witnessing the su ering and lack of medical care during the war, he began to consider the medical eld.
Although the war delayed his schooling, he eventually returned to Juba, nished secondary school, and earned his medical degree from the University of Bahr El-Ghazal College of Medicine and Health Sciences in South Sudan.
“ Many of my patients come from extreme hardship . . . I see myself in them.”
—DR. FASTO LADU
He was also trained in pediatric orthopedic surgery as part of the rst fellowship class at AIC-CURE Children’s Hospital of Kenya (CURE Kenya). It's an investment that multiplies as surgeons like Dr. Fasto expand access to life-changing care in underserved communities by training future surgeons.
rough it all, the family leaned on their Christian faith. “It taught us . . . to be resilient. I just trusted completely in the Lord.”
After his fellowship, he became a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon and the Program Manager for Training, Research, and Development at CURE Kenya.
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CURE NIGER at a Glance
Established in 2010, CURE Niger is the only hospital in the country of over 24 million people that offers specialty surgical care for children living with treatable physical disabilities.
Conditions We Treat
CURE Niger treats more than 10 different life-limiting disabilities, including:
Bowed Legs
Legs that bend outward at the knees
Knock Knees
Legs that curve inward at the knees
Cleft Lip & Palate
Opening in the upper lip and roof of the mouth
Hospital by the Numbers
*Since 2010
Surgeries Performed
Workers Trained Reached with the Gospel
Like those who had shaped him, he now had the chance to train future surgeons.
“Jesus Christ is my model,” Dr. Fasto says. “He made disciples. Children need to continue to receive care. And the only way to continue that care is to make disciples. In this case, that’s our surgeon training.”
Dr. Chelsea Shikuku, who did her residency at CURE Kenya, says Dr. Fasto genuinely cared about her future.
“In general, in Africa, specifically Niger, is where my heart is,” says Dr. Fasto.
“He is a dedicated teacher with fantastic hands-on skills,” she says. “De nitely a practical example of resilience and trusting in the Lord.”
Dr. Fasto had been serving at CURE Kenya for about a year when he felt God calling him to serve where the need was even greater—in Niger.
SERVING FOR A GREATER NEED
In January 2023, Dr. Fasto and his family moved to Niger, where more than 98 percent
of the population is Muslim and healthcare is scarce. In fact, CURE is the country’s only hospital that o ers specialty surgical care for children with treatable conditions.
“After I became a doctor, I thought I would serve my people of South Sudan,” says Dr. Fasto. “But I realized my people are . . . people of the world—all people God has created.”
Dr. Fasto is striving to provide sustainable healthcare for future generations in Niger. But he believes his work goes beyond the operating room—it’s about restoring hope
Ibeda's transformation
Dr. Fasto's work forever changes lives—he straightened Ibeda’s leg, giving her a new future. She left the hospital transformed physically and spiritually.
and ensuring the children CURE serves know they are loved.
He’s sensitive to the religious di erences of many of his patients but believes God’s work is evident.
“ rough CURE, there is testimony that Christ is alive. I believe there are still miracles happening. We see them every day,” he says.
ank you for your support, which makes the life-changing work of Dr. Fasto—and every dedicated professional at CURE— possible..
healing spines,
changing futures
Dr. Craig Humphreys & the Carolyn Jane Foundation are helping transform spinal care in Kenya with CURE
Dr. Craig Humphreys, a US-based Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, got into medicine with a vision to one day bring much-needed care to underserved communities.
It’s what led him to move his family and his successful private practice from Chattanooga to rural Alaska, where he could reach patients in more isolated regions.
It’s what led him to say yes when a fellow surgeon invited him on a trip to Kenya to volunteer their services at a local hospital.
And it’s what led him to return again and again and eventually partner with AIC-CURE Children's Hospital of Kenya (CURE Kenya) to build a sustainable spine surgery program, equip local surgeons with advanced training, and ensure that children with complex spinal conditions receive the life-changing care they deserve.
BUILDING A FOUNDATION
Dr. Humphreys will never forget the rst time he visited CURE Kenya in 2013 and met with the hospital’s Medical Director, Dr. Joseph euri. He had just nished volunteering at another local hospital and was feeling discouraged.
“By the time many of those patients got to the hospital, their spinal conditions were too advanced,” he remembers. “ ere was nothing we could do.”
Walking into CURE Kenya, Dr. Humphreys sensed something di erent: hope.
“Well, rst of all, Dr. euri had these funny cowboy boots on,” he remembers.
Dr. Theuri (left) and Dr. Humphreys (right) partner to serve more children with spine deformities in Kenya.
“And there was just such a sense of joy in the hospital. You could tell that the work would make a tangible di erence in the lives of these children.”
After spending two weeks at CURE Kenya and performing about 15 surgeries, Dr. Humphreys quickly recognized a staggering need—children with severe spinal deformities lacking access to timely, life-saving surgery.
SUSTAINABLE IMPACT
Determined to provide sustainable, consistent care for children with spinal deformities, Dr. Humphreys established the Carolyn Jane Foundation, named after his mother, an educator who spent her life serving disadvantaged children. Since then, the foundation has helped fund essential
spinal surgeries, provided advanced medical equipment, and supported the training of local surgeons.
Dr. Humphreys has made more than 20 trips to CURE Kenya, often bringing other surgeons and clinicians with him to work alongside the hospital’s medical team and strengthen their expertise in spinal surgery.
One of the foundation’s most impactful contributions to the hospital has been arranging the donation of an O-arm imaging system and StealthStation navigation technology.
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below (left to right): Former CURE Kenya Executive Director Evelyn Mbugua, Carolyn Jane Foundation board member George Putnam and founder Dr. Craig Humphreys, and Medical Director Dr. Joseph Theuri open the Carlolyn Jane House at CURE Kenya.
ese cutting-edge tools, donated by Medtronic, enhance surgical precision and improve outcomes for children with complex spinal conditions. So far, the O-arm has been used in 31 spine surgeries.
Dr. Humphreys’s commitment to sustainability also led to the creation of the Spine Fellowship Program at CURE Kenya, which equips African surgeons with specialized training in spinal deformities. To support this, the Carolyn Jane House was built on CURE Kenya’s campus, providing housing for visiting surgeons and fostering a strong learning community.
“Serving alongside Dr. Craig Humphreys and the partnership with the Carolyn Jane Foundation has elevated Kenya’s spine specialty services to children in desperate need of care. We look forward to reaching even more children with the addition of the new training program,” says Dr. euri.
For Dr. Humphreys, the mission is deeply personal. “It takes a team of people, and it’s something God makes possible,” he says. “It’s really something to see these kids as they walk out of the hospital standing taller and with more con dence.”.
below: Orthopedic Spine Surgeon Dr. Craig Humphreys (right) and CURE Kenya Medical Director Dr. Joseph Theuri (left) use the O-arm, one of the few in Kenya.
Journey of an O-Arm
The O-arm traveled 17,000+ miles—by land and sea—to reach CURE Kenya, where it’s transforming spinal surgeries for kids.
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