Thrive Diary

This episode tells the story of Adephius Nyinka, a young deaf teacher of Biology in Buea, the capital city of Cameroon's South West region, who has not allowed his hearing impairment to deter him from achieving his dreams. He has had his own fair share of challenges and struggles, but has stayed determined in making the voice of the deaf community in Cameroon heard.

This is the story of a young lady who gives birth to a baby with a hole in the heart, and has to struggle to get a heart surgery for the child, whose chances of survival become very slim as time goes by. Faced with enormous challenges, she does not give up until she finds a solution, which comes when a community of reverend sisters come across her situation and intervene, helping to finance the surgery.

In this episode, Ghislaine Marie tells us her story — how she fought to save her daughter, who was born with a hole in the heart. It happened in 2018, while she was a student at the University of Bamenda in the North West region of Cameroon.