023 - “No Ostomy Bags, So They Use Plastic Bags”: The Dark Reality Of Life With A Stoma In Africa - Sam Yiollaris
In this episode of The Survival Project, Jonathan Healy speaks with Sam Yiollaris, founder of Footprints to Africa, a UK charity redistributing surplus stoma supplies to under-resourced hospitals across Africa.
After her colorectal cancer diagnosis and a year living with a stoma, Sam discovered a devastating reality: while life-saving stoma surgery exists in many African countries, access to basic ostomy supplies often does not.
The result? Isolation, preventable suffering, and loss of dignity.
Footprints to Africa now works to collect and redistribute bowel and bladder medical supplies…
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