Two-year-old Ibtisam is an only child who lives with her parents in Kenya. Ibtisam’s father describes her as a “happy and jovial girl.” When Ibtisam was a year old, she crawled towards a pot of boiling water and tipped it, pouring the hot water on her hand.
Ibtisam’s parents have spent all the money they have saved up to treat their daughter’s burns. Because of their efforts, Ibtisam’s father was fired from his job for missing work to take care of his daughter. He lost his health insurance and now doesn’t have the money to fund the final step in his daughter’s healing process; a surgery.
“My daughter does not know that her hand is deformed, but as she grows, she will become more aware of how different she is from other children,” Ibtisam’s father says. “My prayer is that she will still be a happy girl.”
For $815, we can fund Ibtisam’s surgery and help her regain mobility in her hand so she can grow up happy like her father hopes!