HELP ADAM BEAT HIS CANCER!My friend Adam* is a refugee from Darfur, Sudan who lives in Cairo, Egypt. Adam has lung cancer and is in need of life-saving chemotherapy. Like most refugees, Adam does not have medical insurance and lacks the financial means to cover the expensive costs for medical treatment. For a long time, Adam was denied treatment by the Sudanese government and he risked his own health in order to not put his family in danger. Now he is in Cairo and he deserves a chance to live!Adam was able to raise some funds to finance needed chemotherapy sessions, follow-up tests and medication. However, Adam and his family have no property left to sell in Sudan as it has all been taken away by the Sudanese Government. Many Sudanese in Cairo have shown great generosity and contributed money to help Adam even though most of them are themselves living in dire living conditions. Overall, Adam still needs a total of 30,000 Egyptian Pounds or about 3,700USD for chemotherapy sessions, follow-up treatment (including x-rays and tests of his liver and kidney functions) and medication.Every cent counts to help Adam and will be used to pay for his medical treatment. If you donate something, I will update you about Adam‘s condition frequently.Adam’s Story:Adam originates from Darfur. In Darfur, a region in the Western part of Sudan, people of African descent have been persecuted for over a decade by the Sudanese Government in Khartoum. (Source: http://mapssite.blogspot.co.ke/2009/05/world-map-darfur.html)Sudanese from Darfur have been systematically marginalized, displaced and murdered at the hands of the Arab militias known as Janjaweed (“devils on horseback”) which are armed and funded by the Sudanese Government. According to the United Human Rights Council, the genocide in Darfur has claimed an estimated 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people until today.Like many others, Adam was allegedly accused of supporting the liberation movement in Darfur merely because of being from the Fur tribe. In 2004, he was imprisoned for several months and brutally tortured while in detention. Moreover, the Sudanese Government confiscated all of his property, including his house. After his release, Adam fled to one of the many camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Western Darfur where he stayed until 2011 together with his family.In 2011, Adam was diagnosed with lung cancer in his right lung. For the first three months, however, the Sudanese Government denied him to seek proper medical treatment in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. After he was finally allowed to go, he received medical treatment from the military hospital in Khartoum for several months only to find out it was the wrong treatment. With his condition deteriorating, Adam managed to Cairo, Egypt in 2012. There, Adam underwent surgery on his right lung to remove the cancer and he received follow-up treatment afterwards. Not having any access to health or any financial assistance, he raised money from friends and the Sudanese community to pay the medical bills. Adam did not tell the rest of their family about his whereabouts in fear to put them at risk of any retaliation from the Sudanese Government because he had left Sudan.After one year in Egypt, Adam went back to Sudan, as he feared that the Sudanese Government would target his children, if he stayed out of the country for too long. However, as his condition worsened again significantly, he went back to Cairo only four months later in order to receive further treatment. A tumor was found in his left lung. Adam raised again money from friends and Sudanese community members to pay for the chemotherapy and follow-up treatment. He also approached organizations that assist refugees in Cairo, but they only covered some chemotherapy session so far. Not enough, to pay the whole treatment. _______________* I have changed the name, but all other information is correct and factual.Information on the situation in Darfur and refugees in Egypt:If you are interested to learn more about the situation in Darfur and refugees in Egypt, please consider the following links:Genocide in Darfur:http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide-in-sudan.htmhttp://www.trust.org/spotlight/Darfur-conflicthttp://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/darfur-genocide Refugees in Egypt: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/everyone-was-just-watching-420605811https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_refugees_in_EgyptThis video is from 2010, but it still represents the situation of refugees in Egypt very well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3vvW_p1Kcw
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