Nine-year-old Confidence lives in Uganda. The oldest of three children, she enjoys studying, learning new things, and skipping rope with the other children in her school. After school she likes to help her mother around the house and with cooking. Her mother and father are small farmers, growing food for their family, including potatoes, beans, and millet. They also pick tea on the local plantation for extra income to pay for school fees.
Confidence has severe malaria complicated by anemia. She has fever, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Her parents first took Confidence to the local health center, which referred Confidence to the hospital because her case was too complicated for the health center to treat. Her father carried Confidence to the hospital on the back of his motorcycle. On February 25, she will begin her treatment of anti-malarials and possibly receive a blood transfusion.
Our medical partner, The Kellermann Foundation, is asking for $120 to cover the costs of Confidence’s treatment. Your donation will help pay for her laboratory tests, medication, and supplies for her blood transfusion.
Her mother is looking forward to taking Confidence back to school when she is better.
“We appreciate the donors helping our daughter,” says her father. “We moved here from another part of the country and don’t have much land to farm, yet. We were struggling hard to get the fees for the hospital.”