By Margaret Reynolds | Co-founder
When Janepher’s daughter got sick with malaria, she knew what to do. She begged the woman’s group that she had joined for a loan to take her to the hospital. She sat helplessly by her side as she battled cerebral malaria. And when her daughter recovered she went back to the wokan’s group to thank them for the loan, and their empowerment of Janefer which had saved her daughter’s life. She was selling cakes to pay them back. To me—when I met her—she explained the deadly nature of cerebral malaria, the financial burden of sick children, and the life changing and life saving nature of a mosquito net. An inpatient hospitalization at the local health center is expensive for a family. A childbirth, for reference, costs around 20 USD. This fee is significant, so a $10 net—while a reasonable donation for many US households—is almost unafffordabke for many that we serve. This was Janefer’s message. Thank you for the life changing and life changing work you allow us to pursue in Uganda.
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