Honest is a 15-month-old girl from Uganda. She has been diagnosed with severe malnutrition. Her growth has slowed, and her low intake of protein has caused edema, or swelling in her body. Her grandmother brought her to our medical partner’s care center, Bwindi Community Hospital. She began malnutrition treatment on December 6.
Honest has been living with her grandmother, Jenesta, since her mother passed away. Jenesta looks after her two children and five grandchildren. They live in a village 26 kilometers from Bwindi Community Hospital.
Jenesta is a subsistence farmer who grows cassava, Irish potatoes, and beans. She cannot afford her granddaughter’s treatment, so our medical partner, The Kellermann Foundation, is requesting $321 in funding.
“I am very grateful to the people who are paying for my granddaughter’s treatment,” says Jenesta. “I pray for God’s blessings upon them.”