Tanatswa is a 7 year old child whose life has been robbed by poverty and is struggling with celebral palsy. At 4 months old her mother realised that her daughter had no sitting balance and her neck was fragile. Today the family is seeking help for Tanatswa from the public as they have nowhere else to look up to.
Dear donors and well wishers we are kindly asking for financial and material assistance for Tanatswa and her family who are struggling to provide medical care and day to day basic needs for their daughter due to poverty.The Go Fund Me page is below. Thank you so much for your kindness.
The family relies on help from the public as Zimbabwe's health system is failing to cater for the needs of children.
Tanatswa is 7 years old and has celebral palsy. She struggles to balance .Violet Makunike and team ; Carrage , Silas Paradza and Makazvitaishe are seeking long term help for Tanatswa and family. The team has successfully coordinated help to a unique case regarding a Simbarashe Dande who is currently in South Africa for treatment of a fibrous dysplasia tumor using this platform.
Tanatswa needs physiotherapy, wheelchair ,medical care, clothes , special school , transport money and school resources such as uniforms, books and related stationery.
The family lives in Mkoba 5 Gweru , Zimbabwe in a crowded house.
The mother is 40 year old Dzidzayi Mazivachipi and she is her daughter's carer . Her husband Ephison Zimbwa is a 52 year old who works away from home to fend for the family by doing piece jobs where he can earn up to 150 RTGS which is equivalent to about us$60 a month. This money is supposed to pay for the accomodation , bills, medication,transport, clothes, food and upkeep for the 4 in the family.
Tanatswa has a 12 year old brother called Tanaka who is also struggling with school fees and basic needs.However the father does not live with the family but works in a rural area called Musvosvi as a piece job garden boy so it is the mother who usually struggles day and night providing care for their physically challenged daughter.
The mother said in a separate video 2 that both herself and her husband are HIV positive and both cannot afford to buy their own medication. She gave consent for well wishers to know their health needs.
The mother is depressed and fearful of what will happen to her daughter if the mother dies. The mother says her own legs are very painful. She reacted badly to TB medication and she struggles to walk for even 50 metres.She is always with her daughter as she has no one to leave the daughter with . Moreso the daughter has no wheel chair and she has to crawl day in day out on the floor .Due to the unending crawling her legs are in constant pain and bruised. She cannot play with other children outside as she has no wheelchair but she has to crawl on dusty hard ground which is not good for her health.The mother has to carry Tanatswa on her back if they are to go out . This is very tough for the mother who experiences breathlessness due to her poor health.
The family cannot afford to look after their other 12 year old child ,a son Tanaka who is in grade 7. Tanaka lives with a well wisher in Murambinda, Machingura village.
MONEY RAISED
Money raised through this Go Fund Me Appeal will be withdrawn by Makazvitaishe who helps us with withdrawing Go Fund Me funds for children projects I have previously raised funds for using this platform.Dear citizens of the world may you please help Tanatswa by donating here .Your generosity means a lot to her and the family.
The money raised will be used to
1. Buy a wheel chair for Tanatswa
2. Pay for physiotherapy sessions and transport from Gweru to Murambinda for the sessions , the journey of which is from Gweru- Mvuma -Chivhu -Murambinda and back to Gweru.
3. Look for spacious accomodation that will meet Tanatswa's needs and help the mother to start a self help project thus empowering her to fend for herself and children
4. Buy medication, medical requirements, clothes and food for Tanatswa
5. Sponsor her education , transport, pay fees uniforms and other school expenses
6. The funds will help to set them up and give the parents the foundation to build a financial base for the family so that they can cater for their medication while Tanatswa is receiving the medical care she needs.
RECEIVER
The money raised will be sent to the mother using Western union or Cassava money transfer . The other money will be transfered by the same means to a Hope For Zimbabwe Children representative in Zimbabwe , Silas Paradza who will buy some needed stuff for Tanatswa and take it to the mother who struggles to walk. Some of the money will be mobile transfered to the mother's zimbabwe mobile number by Violet Makunike through her zimbabwe mobile number 078 352 4049. Well wishers with no bank accounts may also transfer funds to Violet's mobile number using mobile transfer agencies such as worldremit.
Thank you very much for opening your hearts to help Tanatswa. You help will go a long way in assisting her to lead a better life at least with needed equipment. May you all be blessed for your kindness.
Violet.