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Chadian mother of three with breast cancer seeks help

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Dinante Valérie, a 45-year-old Chadian woman living in Bekodo, near Bodo in Logone Oriental, is seeking financial help to continue her breast cancer treatment. After surgery and treatment failed to heal her wound, she says she can no longer afford her care, Tchadinfos reports.

Dinante Valérie, a 45-year-old Chadian woman with breast cancer, is seeking financial help to continue her treatment. A mother of three, she lives in Bekodo, in Kouh Est department, Logone Oriental province, Tchadinfos reports.

The first symptoms appeared in January 2026 while she was pounding millet: a burning sensation and itching, followed by the growth of the lesion. She is appealing to people of goodwill and the authorities for support.

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