“Christina is a beautiful, smiling girl and she loves singing,” says our medical partner, World Altering Medicine (WAM). “But she cannot sing properly with her condition.”
Meet Christina, a six-year-old girl from Malawi. Christina has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition consisting of higher intracranial pressure as a result of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. For Christina, this means a she has a “big head, cannot walk, see, or talk properly. She is also incontinent of stool and urine because of the condition,” says WAM.
“She has severe headaches as her head is just too big, and this cannot hold the neck properly,” WAM adds. “[Her parents] are in great need of some financial assistance from well-wishers to help them with surgery.”
$992 will fund surgery to insert a shunt and drain the fluid in Christina’s head. This will resolve her symptoms and treat the hydrocephalus.
“Christina’s parents are looking forward to seeing their daughter grow up like any normal child,” WAM continues. “They would love to see her talk properly, enroll in school and be educated.”
