Gift is a one-year-old girl from Uganda. She is the youngest child in a family of five. Her siblings do not go to school because her parents are unable to pay for their tuition. Her parents are both small farmers who perform farm labor in the community to earn a living. During her free time, Gift’s mother likes to weave mats, which she uses as bedding for her children.
Gift has severe malnutrition accompanied with body wasting and diarrhea. She has had signs of malnutrition for the last month, but her parents could not take her to hospital because they did not have the money to pay for her health care.
On March 17, Gift will begin receiving malnutrition treatment at our medical partner’s care center, Bwindi Community Hospital. Our medical partner, the Kellermann Foundation, is requesting $316 for Gift’s treatment. This will pay for various medications and vitamins, a nasogastric tube, therapeutic milk, ready-to-use therapeutic food, dextrose, and ten nights in the hospital.
Gift’s mother, Vastina, is looking forward to taking Gift back to the community upon her recovery. Vastina says, “I thank the donors for supporting my daughter’s treatment costs that I could not afford to raise.”