TREAT A CHILD

This fund was started by a family in the United States and the company for which his father worked in memory of their 8 year-old son - David Reddington.

In Kabubbu, Jackeline needed help.

Her head and the left side of her face and body were covered on blisters and her wounds were badly infected. She had been horrendously burned.

Her family used a small screw top tin filled with paraffin with a wick out of the top for their light. This had either been filled too full, not screwed down correctly or the wick slipped into the tin. It exploded showering burning paraffin into the room turning it into an inferno. The entire family, except for this small girl, was killed. She is alone with no medication. The nearest Medical Centre was 10 km away. She had no relative to carry her there.

Today she not only benefits from monthly sponsorship for her education. Her sponsors have also paid for her to have two operations.

She has had her left eye treated. Since the fire she had been unable to close it properly. The doctors took a small piece of ligament from her thigh and repaired the ligament by her eye enabling her to open and close her eyelid. The operation cost £40.

The skin on her left arm had seared to her body during the intensity of the fire. A second operation has released the skin and with a skin graft she now has proper use of that arm. This operation also cost £40. These operations have given her a new lease of life.

Jackeline's story is just one of many of orphaned children needing medical attention.

To Save a Life in Kabubu - click here