…but first, I nearly died out of fear!

This beautiful boy is called Kidumbulu Musa and he has been through so much, incredible… he almost died several times. We have managed to pull him back from the abyss now, once more.
Kidumbulu is 12 years old, but as you can see, he looks like a 8-year-old. He has suffered from malnutrition in early childhood, and he also suffers from sickle-cell disease (SCD) which is not curable. He has been treated by our beloved Dr. Marriam for a while, and when the situation deteriorated massively (yellow eyes, loss of consciousness) we rushed him to a more specialized clinic.

I was fearing liver failure and he has not been very far from that. I do not understand the whole plethora of diagnostics that have been written down for him (I am better at understanding invoices for payment lol) but I do know this, he has been very ill – and now, thanks to our care, he is doing so much better. I am very relieved and happy.

Many people helped me pay his hospital bills and I am greatly in your debt. Janet, Ruth, Claudia, Denise, Claire, his sponsor Charmaine, Maria & Mom Helen, Noemi, Sylvana, forgive me if I forgot anyone.

Funds from the hospital bills were left and we got him a little bit of food and charcoal, as well as 10 hen which will provide eggs for him and his family, which is very good. I got inspiration from Sylvana, who raises turkeys.

The child is still weak, getting tired easily, but his life is no longer in danger, and so I hope that he will gain more strength and be alright in the end.

And so, I am happy that we did not live for nothing… together, we saved a little life.