Patister is a manual laborer from Kenya. He is the fourth born in a family of five siblings: three brothers and one sister. All his siblings are blessed with families, and work at casual jobs in other people’s farms. He has never been to school because his parents didn’t value education and believed educating a children was wastage of resources. He is not married and has no children but wishes to have his own family someday.
He lives in ancestral land together with his brothers. The land has not been divided because their father died without a will, and the siblings cannot afford the legal process of dividing the land.
Patister farms cassava, maize and beans for home use. Most of the time, the crops are damaged by elephants from the Meru National park which is just a few kilometers from his home. He has a single-room house built of poles.
He also picks miraa leaves, which provides him with a small amount of money to sustain himself. While picking miraa leaves, Patister fell from a Miraa plant, fracturing his left humerus. He is in pain and cannot use his hand Patister has relied on his brothers for food and other personal needs since he got the accident.
Fortunately, surgeons at our medical partner can help. On February 29, Patister will undergo a fracture repair procedure, called an open reduction and internal fixation. a procedure which helps fix severely broken bones and which is only used for serious fractures that can’t be treated with a cast or splint. This procedure will help him heal well and work again Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $1,079 to fund this procedure.
Patister says, “Please help me. I’m a self-dependent person and relying on my brothers is a problem because they have their own families to feed.”