Ngozi was found by Amaudo in February 2016, along Uzuakoli Road in Umuahia where she was roaming the streets …

Workers and local people had spotted Ransome on the streets and reported that he was in quite a bad state.  His hand was grossly affected and he showed signs of severe mental illness …

Felix arrived in Amaudo during the rainy season in 2013. He had been planning to study mechanical engineering after finishing school when he became ill. Amaudo Itumbauzo staff found him wandering the streets of Aba. He was filthy, confused and scared …

With no memory of where she was from Blessing thought she would never be reunited with her family - then the miracle happened

Okoro enjoyed working on the farm.

Chisom’s father brought her to Amaudo under the pretext of inquiring about how he could acquire skills which would help him to care for his daughter.  He informed staff that he was paying off a taxi motorbike, but jumped on the bike and fled, leaving the child behind …

My mental illness started in 1987 when I was 15. On that fateful evening as I was taking supper with brother, I suddenly started to hear strange voices in my head. Before I could reason what was happening, I had lost my memory and control of my mental faculties …

When I gave birth to my child, a son named Oleka, and there was no noticeable problem. But after 5 months I noticed that he was not growing well….

For many months Iron Man roamed the streets of Umuahia terrifying passers by. He was very tall, very broad and always carried an iron rod in his hand. The people of Umuahia named him Iron Man and they all felt fearful of him…

I am a resident of the Okopedi Community which is the host community of Amaudo 1’s residential centre. I was not privileged to attend formal education when I was younger however I was given the chance to take part in Amaudo’s Millennium Maintenance Project in 2000…

I was born in Nigeria, in Umuahia, as my father worked for the Methodist Church Overseas division as a teacher in Uzuakoli, and we lived there until I was 7 years old. I had always wanted to go back and see where I was born, and as my mother was still in touch with MCOD, she knew about Ros Colwill and her work in the Leprosy Colony and setting up the new project of Amaudo…

I am a young man of 30 years old and I have graduated from college. As soon as I had graduated from school I began to search for a job, but I discovered that it was not very easy to get a job especially in the area I wanted to…

I am happy that I am now mentally stable because Amaudo treated me. I now trade palm oil. I purchase oil from the local producers when the price is low and I will store the oil and sell when the price is high….

My name is Esther. As a young girl, I grew up with lots of hope in my life. I attended primary and secondary schools. I became mentally ill and my life turned upside down…

In March 2015 Chibuzo was picked up from the streets of Umuahia unkempt and almost naked. She was very confused but came willingly with the Amaudo staff members who promised her food, shelter and safety…

I first visited Amaudo in 1997, when I was invited to join Kate and Steve for their wedding. Kate and I had graduated together the previous year, and the prospect of such a trip deep into the African bush was too good an opportunity to miss…

My name is Steven Iwuamadi. I am one of the longest serving and oldest staff members at Amaudo. I followed Sister Rosalind Colwill when she moved from Uzuakoli Leprosy Centre to establishe the Centre for Mentally Ill Destitutes at Itumbauzo in 1989…

As a child growing up I remember my Aunty Ros often staying in our family house for a night or two on her way to places far away with exotic sounding names…

Mr Ebere was picked from the street at the Holy Rosary bus stop Umuahia where he had converted the bus stop to his house with all kinds of garbage. He wore about 12 rags as clothing…

I first heard about Amaudo from my church minster who knew of Ros and told me about Amaudo’s work. I was looking for a chance to do something useful overseas post-university and was drawn to both the hands-on nature of volunteering at Amaudo and the relative informality and flexibility…