“What a relief, what a relief, my headache is gone!” Benoît kept repeating just a few hours after the treatment. So far he had not been able to sleep a single night without pain.

Looking at the 563 therapeutic meals you donated last week for the kids, or the 34 IVs for the hospital in Congo, we want to remind you that you stand behind every story of health restored, hunger disease cured or surgery successfully completed. Most recently, you saved Benoît from immense pain.

The glaucoma could no longer be controlled with medication or minor treatments and the decision was made to simply remove the eye. Do you think the boy was devastated? No! He’s a real champion with a tremendous will to fight. We took him to Dr Pieta’s clinic in Rwanda – the best clinic in Central Africa. It was here that, thanks to you, 18 patients underwent ophthalmological treatment. Among them was Benoît, whom you simply gave a new life – one in which, instead of suffering, he can simply go to school, play with his peers and help his parents.

The next stage is fitting a prosthetic eye – follow us so you don’t miss Ben’s new photos!