Peter Desperately Needs Your Help

Peter Adoboye is an intelligent, outgoing and kind-hearted 16-year-old secondary school boy in Accra Academy - Ghana. Peter who loves playing basket ball and football. But his life has been overshadowed by severe scoliosis – a condition that is rapidly worsening and causing him immense pain.

Scoliosis is a severe spinal curvature that worsens over time. Peter's spine has curved over causing:

Chronic pain that makes everyday activities unbearable.

Difficulty breathing due to pressure on his lungs.

Emotional and psychological distress as his condition affects his confidence.

Doctors have advised that Peter needs urgent spinal fusion surgery. This surgery will stop the curvature from worsening, relieve his pain, and give him a chance at a healthy, active future.

Without urgent surgery, his condition will deteriorate, affecting his ability to walk, breathe properly, education, live a normal life and ultimately impacting his future prospects and opportunities.