“Wema is a shy, ten-year-old girl,” shares our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). “She is in class three, but has stopped going to school because it is impossible for her to sit.”
AMHF explains, “Wema has a cystic mass on her lower back, which causes her severe pain and impairs her ability to walk properly, sit, or sleep on her back. If the mass goes untreated, Wema could contract a fatal infection.”
Before it became too painful for her to attend schools, Wema’s favorite subjects were mathematics, English, and Swahili. Wema also enjoys playing games with her classmates.
AMHF tells us, “Wema’s father grows vegetables and her mother sells them at an open market. Both parents work very hard to take care of their four children all of whom are going to school. With the pressure of keeping four children in school, it is difficult for the family to raise extra funds to get treatment for Wema’s condition.”
With $920 in funding, we can help Wema and her family travel to a treatment center where doctors will remove the mass. With this surgery, Wema will be pain free and able to return to school.
Wema tells us, “My hope is to one day become a primary school teacher.”