Esther is a four-month-old girl from Tanzania. She is the youngest in a family of seven children. She was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain.
A month after her birth, Esther’s parents noticed that her head was growing rapidly. During a regular pediatric checkup, her mother was advised to visit a specialist. They traveled to our medical partner’s care center in Kenya, Bethany Kids Kijabe Hospital. There, on December 12, Esther underwent a shunt insertion to drain the fluid from her brain.
Esther lives with her parents and siblings in a three-room house in a remote village. Her mother is a housewife, while her father works as a motorbike taxi driver. They cannot afford their daughter’s treatment. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $685 in funding.
“I am happy that we landed at Bethany Kids to access care for Esther,” says Esther’s mother. “I will truly appreciate if Watsi can help.”