Ashiraf is a 17-year-old boy from Kambuga in rural Uganda. He is currently in school. In his free time, Ashiraf enjoys playing soccer in the community and gathering sand from the roadside, which he then sells for construction to raise money for his school materials. Ashiraf’s mother is a widow who farms their small piece of land. She also works as a cleaner at a local school. In addition to having five children of her own, she takes care of two orphans.
Ashiraf recently sustained an ankle fracture from playing soccer. While playing with the other boys in the community, he was tackled and broke both his tibia and fibula bones. His teammates immediately carried him home. His mother rushed him to a health facility. She was then referred to our medical partner’s care center, Bwindi Community Hospital, where Ashiraf is scheduled to undergo fracture repair treatment on February 16.
Our medical partner, The Kellermann Foundation, is requesting $133 to treat Ashiraf’s fracture. Upon recovery, Ashiraf hopes to go back to school and complete his primary school training. He hopes to be a banker when he graduates.
“I want to thank the donors for the support they are rendering toward my son, to have his fracture fixed. I also thank the team at Bwindi for welcoming us and counseling us, giving us hope which we needed,” says Ashiraf’s mother.