APOPO Stories

MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – THOUNG BUNDOETH “My name is Bundoeth and I have been the headmaster of Khna Phtol primary school for four years. There are 128 children at this school. The school is situated in the middle of what used to be live minefields, on the edge of the main road from Siem Reap. […]

MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – CHUN RY A farmer who called the EOD team after his daughter found an old bomb lying in undergrowth. My name is Chun Ry (far right) and this is my family. I am a farmer who supports eight children. I grow rice and cassava, and I raise 4 cows and many

Yahaya “I make my living selling flower and tree seedlings. Mostly from my stall in town, but I also supply flowers to many people and businesses. Unfortunately my trade has suffered recently because I have been very sick with tuberculosis (TB). TB affects your ability to work, or to study, or pretty much anything because

“I’m 64 years old and my eight-year old granddaughter Nasra recently survived tuberculosis (TB) because of APOPO. She had started coughing and sweating, and I suspected it was TB because I know many people who have suffered from it. Her doctor put her on antibiotics for a virus but after two months she had lost

Partner: Savera Savera survived TB twice and joined a volunteer organisation to spread awareness about the disease. “Six months ago I fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) but I was unable to get treatment for three months, by which time I was very sick indeed. I had had a number of tests for TB but all

Naima 10 year old Naima fell very ill and her clinic was unable to find the cause. “Last year I began coughing and felt very tired all the time. Mama thought the BCG vaccine I’d had as a baby would protect me. But over the next few weeks the cough got worse and I lost

Dr. Joyce diagnoses and treats TB-patients in APOPO partner clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “I am the Clinical Officer and District Tuberculosis and Leprosy Coordinator for Mbagala-Rangi Tatu District in Dar es Salaam. I work with 6 clinics in total. Over time I have seen an increase in cases of TB. But I think this

Partner: Virginia Virginia has been a MUKIKUTE volunteer for over 20 years and fell ill with TB a second time. “I have been a MUKIKUTE volunteer since the mid-90’s. I joined because like many of the volunteers I had suffered from tuberculosis (TB) myself so I know what people with disease are going through. I carry

Saidi Saidi is a builder and when he got ill he had to stop working and quickly fell in debt . “I am a builder and I work on construction sites around Dar es Salaam city so my job depends on my good health. When I came down with tuberculosis (TB),  I had to stop