The second largest country of Africa, full of paradoxes. On one hand, it is rich in natural resources (including cobalt, copper, coltan, crude oil, diamonds, gold); on the other hand, its inhabitants are among the poorest in the world. For decades, the DRC has been suffering from prolonged conflicts that have led to one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world.
03.07.2023
When a child in need turns up at the doorstep of the nutrition centre, no one wastes a minute. We immediately took the most important blood tests and prepared a meal.
Three-year-old Kaleb’s appetite was enormous – it was clear that the boy had been starving for a long time. He ate plain potatoes with such an appetite as if it was the best meal in the world.
What would appear to be a healthy roundness is simply the swelling that accompanies advanced hunger sickness. In addition to malnutrition, Kaleb had serious problems with his digestive system. The weakness did not spare his immune system either. In this condition, just a mosquito bite could be fatal.
We did full blood tests and addressed the intestinal problem. Our doctors quickly brought the malaria under control, but completing nutritional therapy is a prerequisite for a full recovery.
We are shining our good-faith light into the sky today by writing straight to the point – Kaleb needs a Superhero!
Someone who will share a meal with him, funding at least part of his nutritional therapy. Your PLN 15 will not only allow us to prepare more portions, but will also pay for the cost of further tests, medicines, medical equipment and the work of the doctors, who earn a very modest income here indeed.
Hunger is the easiest disease to cure – will you fight with us for Kaleb?
22.10.2024
“Eat it all, my little one, mommy has already eaten something. She’s not hungry.” For many children, the weight of these words, spoken by mothers with sad smiles, will only be understood in adulthood. This is the daily math problem faced by countless women in Congo: how to divide a single meal among many, when […]
16.09.2024
Globally, hunger is a massive, complex problem. But feeding a child is simple. Joseph could have become another WHO statistic, labeled as one of the children who dies of hunger every five seconds. No one would have known his name or how infectiously he laughs while playing patty-cake with his mom. That he’s brave and […]
04.09.2024
“We’ve got a two-year-old boy from Kabaya,” Sister Agnieszka reports. Even before we see the photo, we already know it will show a child in critical condition. Kabaya is a mountainous area, almost completely cut off from the rest of the world. There is a lack of everything. The fields are mined, making it impossible […]
