Moreen is a 13-year-old student and the youngest in her family. She is in class seven and is a brilliant young student! Her mother is a farmworker and her father cooks in a nearby secondary school. All her siblings left school early and work in similar jobs. The family lives in a three-room semi-permanent house.
For two years, Moreen has had an epigastric hernia. The hernia causes her pain and swelling near her lower abdomen and with time, the pain has become severe. Due to the recent pains, she was brought to Rushoroza Hospital for the first time. She requires a hernia repair, otherwise she could suffer from hernia strangulation. Her parents are not able to raise the funds needed and are asking for help. Fortunately, on August 6th, Moreen will undergo hernia repair surgery at our medical partner’s care center.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMH), is requesting $170 to fund Moreen’s surgery. This procedure will hopefully allow her to live more comfortably and confidently.
Moreen’s mother says, “I hope to see my daughter well and in her normal condition again. She is very much disturbed and has pain all the time, to the extent that she may not return to school in the current condition. Given treatment, she will resume school comfortably.”