{"id":113598,"date":"2025-04-09T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/?p=113598"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:54:54","slug":"little-azima-a-story-of-hope-and-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/project-reports\/little-azima-a-story-of-hope-and-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Azima | A Story of Hope and Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][uncode_block id=”101087″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”656977″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”178946″]At our hospital in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, we save the lives of malnourished children every day.
\nOne moving example is Azima, a little girl who was brought to us suffering from severe malnutrition. Her weakened body needed intensive medical care, but thanks to the swift intervention of our medical team, she was able to recover. When she arrived at our clinic, Azima\u2019s small body bore the marks of extreme malnutrition. She was suffering from Kwashiorkor, a specific and dangerous form of malnutrition. Despite being emaciated, her body appeared swollen. She had severe edema in her arms and legs, and her skin was peeling all over her body. Her weakened immune system made even minor infections life-threatening.<\/p>\n

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Compassionate care from our nurse<\/h5>\n

Our nurse Suria cared for her with great dedication \u2013 from initial stabilizing treatment to targeted nutritional therapy and finally, full recovery. Since Azima\u2019s frail body couldn\u2019t tolerate fever-reducing medication, Suria gently cooled her with cold water to bring down her fever. A life-saving antibiotic infusion could only be administered through a vein in her head. But Azima\u2019s body needed more than medicine \u2013 it needed nourishment to rebuild strength. Carefully and gradually, Suria began feeding her with a special vitamin-enriched milk to reactivate her digestive system. Step by step, the nutrition was adjusted \u2013 first to a stronger therapeutic milk, and later to a nutrient-rich peanut paste to support the healing process.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_single_image media=”113608″ caption=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”120056″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”656977″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”620120″]<\/p>\n

Suria helps little Azima back to life<\/h5>\n

Day by day, Azima fought her way back to life \u2013 thanks to Suria\u2019s tireless care, medical support, and, above all, the right nutrition. Her little eyes began to shine again, and her strength returned. But the journey didn\u2019t end with her discharge: Suria educated her parents about the importance of strictly following a nutrition plan to avoid overburdening Azima\u2019s still-recovering body. After just a few weeks, Azima was able to leave our hospital with a smile \u2013 strong and stable. She got a second chance because our hospital team, and especially Suria, provided fast and life-saving care. The need for this work is greater than ever.
\nOngoing conflict and the hunger crisis in the Nuba Mountains mean that more and more children like Azima are being brought to our clinic \u2013 weakened, emaciated, and urgently in need of help. Our team fights every day to give these children a second chance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=”140075″]<\/p>\n

Help us support more children like Azima.<\/h5>\n

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For over two years, a bloody war has been raging in Sudan, forcing more than 13 million people to flee. The conflict has now reached the Nuba Mountains. The country is facing one of the worst hunger crises in the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":113614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-project-reports","category-sudan-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113598"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113892,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113598\/revisions\/113892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cap-anamur.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}