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They can live 60 kilometers around and they are coming on foot. we are training today to make knots, surgical knots. for only one weekend, we are doing our own 40 surgical operations. we leave our address for any patient, that if there's any problem, they can come back to us. it was my dream to go and help people. they are happy. i'm doing that to give them opportunity to restart. [ applause ] >> simple. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present cnn hero award to dr. georges bwelle. [ applause ]

For only one weekend, we are doing our own 40 surgical operations. we leave our address for any patient, that if there's any problem, they can come back to us. it was my dream to go and help people. they are happy. i'm doing that to give them opportunity to restart. [ applause ] >> simple. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present cnn hero award to dr. georges bwelle. [ applause ]

It can be decent, noble, gracious, in its scope and in its promise. that is how dr. georges bwelle approaches his life's work. when he was young, his father was in a car accident, broke his arm, developed an infection, which spread to his brain. too poor to get the care he needed for 21 years, he slipped in and out of consciousness. that is why georges made a promise to his father that when he became a doctor, he would take care of his people. years later, he started the foundation. the villages, people walk for miles sick and in need of surgery and georges and his volunteers help them, nearly...

Like work. it can be decent, noble, gracious, in its scope and in its promise. that is how dr. georges bwelle approaches his life's work. when he was young, his father was in a car accident, broke his arm, developed an infection, which spread to his brain. too poor to get the care he needed for 21 years, he slipped in and out of consciousness. that is why georges made a promise to his father that when he became a doctor, he would take care of his people. years later, he started the foundation. the villages, people walk for miles sick and in need of surgery and georges and his volunteers help t...

Opportunity to restart. [ applause ] >> simple. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present cnn hero award to dr. georges bwelle. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. i'm very proud to represent cameroon tonight. it is an honor to show that local african initiatives like ascovime can lead around the world.