This sweet girl is five-week-old Najma. Najma is the last born in a family of four children and lives with her siblings and parents in Kenya. Her mother is a housewife and her father works as a casual laborer to provide basic needs for their family.
Najma was born with spina bifida, a dangerous condition, which leaves the spine protruding in a fluid filled sack on his back. If not treated, Najma is likely to get an infection and develop a tethered cord, kyphosis, or scoliosis. “I had lost hope, but am glad I have found a place where Najma can be treated,” says Najma’s mother.
For $980, Najma will receive a spina bifida closure. “We expect that the surgery will enable Najma to live a life without the complications of spina bidifa,” write our medical partners. Let’s join together to support Najma and her family!