School renovation for 1,700 children in Nigeria

Thanks to the generous support of our donors, we were able to provide urgently needed medical assistance to many people in Nigeria again this year. We would like to highlight five heartbreaking stories as examples – they show how much your help has changed lives.

Anayele (65) – Finally pain-free again

Anayele successfully underwent surgery in January to remove a large lipoma from her neck and mouth. The operation was uncomplicated. Today, Anayele is strong, mobile, and active again – a completely new chapter in her life.

Ugochukwu (5) – A child regains his joy for life

When we met Ugochukwu in August, the then five-year-old boy was experiencing severe pain when walking and urinating. Thanks to your donations, he was able to have surgery quickly for a hernia. Just one day later, he was able to go home – pain-free and full of energy. His quality of life has improved dramatically.

Faith (55) – A Major Tumor and a Long Road to Recovery

Faith desperately sought help in September. A massive tumor on her face was affecting her breathing and vision. After intensive preparation, she was able to undergo surgery within 72 hours – four doctors worked on her face for eight hours. A few weeks later, she received a prosthesis. However, the biopsy revealed the devastating news of a malignant tumor. Since November, Faith has been undergoing chemotherapy, which will continue until 2026. She bravely continues to fight and attends regular check-ups.

Elisabeth (65) – Good news after surgery

Elisabeth (65) was diagnosed with lipoma that had to be surgically removed. The procedure went completely smoothly. After six days, she was able to leave the hospital – and the biopsy thankfully confirmed that the tumor was benign.

Kingsley (44) – Healing After Six Years of Suffering

Kingsley, a single father, had been suffering from an open leg wound for six years. The doctor diagnosed severe cellulitis. After intensive wound treatment, a successful skin graft was performed. Kingsley is grateful and relieved – and continues to come for weekly checkups.

Your contribution makes a real difference!

In 2025, we were able to provide medical support to 36 patients – many of them with serious illnesses, long hospital stays, and extensive follow-up treatments.

Thanks to your donations, we were able to allocate over €10,000 for emergency medical aid. €10,400 were transferred to Nigeria.

Thank you for making this life-changing assistance possible. Together, we are giving hope – and real prospects for the future.

Or do we have to manage everything yourself? Since the beginning of this year, we have been asking ourselves this question. What is the story behind it?

We have been supporting a children’s home in Nigeria for 18 months. However, we are not the project owner. The home is operated by a large international organization.

The reason for our support is that the children in the home live in very poor conditions and are often sick. Therefore, with our local cooperation partner, we built a playground, made the home more welcoming, and provided donations in kind to improve the children’s living conditions.

At the beginning of 2025, our partner noticed that donations in kind were disappearing and that the equipment and food in the home were getting worse. Our contact with the national organization of the home’s operator in Abuja was ignored.

In January, the president of the HUMAN Foundation informed the global headquarters of the operating organization about the conditions. After repeated discussions, an investigation of the home was performed. Unfortunately, some children had died in the meantime. A number of measures were decided: Employees were laid off, and improvements to food, medical care, and equipment in the home were promised.

Today, six months later, only a few of the promised measures have been implemented. Because we are concerned about the well-being of the children, we are not giving up. Unfortunately, our further inquiries and status reports have not been responded to. It is important to us to help the children, but the situation is difficult because:

• The responsibilities between the government and the international organization are not clearly defined.
• The international organization does not consider such projects to be its core mission.
• Our hands are generally tied. We could end up being banned from the premises.

We are now contacting the local press. We do not want to criticize large organizations in general. They are capable of carrying out large projects that we could never manage. However, it is clear that monitoring and review do not properly work, if the people in charge are not managed. We see this as one of our strengths, because we are closely involved in day-to-day operations with our own social workers we can rely on.

We believe that with these kinds of projects, “small” is actually better than “big” – for the benefit of the people we’re helping. That makes us a little proud.

We want to acknowledge all our donors who keep our work alive.