Meet Grace. She’s seven-years-old and in the first grade. When Grace was three, she lost her mother when she passed away while giving birth to a second child. Today, Grace is cared for her by her loving father and grandmother.
Recently Grace decided to make some tea and burned herself while trying to heat water in a fire. “After starting the fire, she turned around to pick up a pan. That was when her dress caught fire and Grace got severe burns on her legs,” doctors at our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF) tell us. “Grace cannot sit because it is so painful to bend her knees, the AMHF team continues. She also cannot walk properly; she drags her feet.”
Grace’s father is doing the best he can to provide care for his daughter but is unable to cover the cost of care that she needs. Clinicians have recommended a skin graft for Grace at this time to prevent any skin contractures and other long-term impacts. The cost of this procedure runs at $780.
“I hope to go back to school and later on become a teacher like my father,” says Grace. Let’s give her a chance at doing just that by raising money for her care.
