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	Case studies Ahmedin, aged12 'I am not afraid. I hope the doctors make the correction successfully - I hope they make it look nice afterwards! I am happy and looking forward to things." Read full story Hassan, aged 14 'Surgery has done wonders. Now I am able to eat well. I no longer dribble on to my chest.' Read full story Mohamed, aged 17 A naturally upbeat young man, Mohammed was keen to have his bilateral (double) cleft lip and palate corrected. Read full story Jemal, aged 13, and Fhami, aged 11 Jemal and Fhami became Project Harar Ethiopia’s first patients when they received surgical care on board a hospital mercy ship in 2002. Read full story		Fatuma, aged 17 Fatuma had been living with the terrible consequences of noma for 13 years when she underwent the first round of reconstructive surgery. Read full story Nasanet, aged 15 Because of burn scars received as a baby, Nasanet was not allowed to go to school or socialise with other young people in the village. Read full story Yirgalem, aged 17 'Before I had surgery I thought about killing myself. Now I am concentrating on my studies. I want to be a nurse'. Read full story Mohamed, aged 25 'I cannot remember the last time I could go out and be treated normally by people...I can now see that I may marry'.