"The Sad Reality..."

A few days ago, one of the guys on the ship posted this article on his Facebook.  It is a sad reality that we face here when a fast growing cancer is seen as demon possession, a sin or in this case witchcraft.  This article was published in the Freetown newspaper...(Sorry for the poor quality)

"It turned out; she was never a pig or a witch. She had a fast growing cancer. This despicable article went all over Freetown. When Mercy Ships found her, she was locked up in a chicken coop by the chief of the village. He was trying to protect her from her neighbors that wanted to kill her for being a witch. Her entire family had rejected her. On the bright side, her cancer was fast growing and chemo reacted very well to her. After a few treatments on the ship, we sent her to a local hospital to continue treatment. Meanwhile, Mercy Ships volunteers returned to her community to educate her neighbors about cancer and to assess the risk of returning her to the community. The people in the community had only heard of breast cancer, and the lesson of educating the community has brought positive results. On the up side, her fast acting cancer reacted very well to the chemo and she has done well enough to be released from the hospital. She is now on the chemo treatment plan and has been seeing positive results. Prayers for the precious child." 
From the Facebook of Lewis Swan