Teachers at Kisoko Girls Primary School are appealing to well-wishers and hospitals to come to the rescue of 14-year-old grade 7 Patience Adhiambo, who is living with the rare eye condition.
Adhiambo, who is one of the top girls in the school, has been languishing in pain every day, depriving her of the joy of education, as she has been forced to miss most of her classes seeking specialized treatments at the Sabatia Hospital in Kakamega and Tororo Hospitals in Uganda.
The girl with insatiable vision and dreams of being a doctor has been surviving on the support of the teachers, who offer to pay for her upkeep and medical check-ups regularly at Sabatia Hospital in Kakamega County.
According to the teachers led by Nancy Wanga, the Deputy Head Teachers and Rodgers Osikuku, the class teacher, Patience has been outstanding in classwork despite her condition and now they are appealing to all Kenyans, health facilities and hospitals in the country, as well as leaders, to join hands and help Patience undergo through specialized treatment. "We, as the family of Kisoko Girls Primary School, are issuing a passionate appeal to all well-wishers and well-established hospitals with specialized doctors, to come and correct this rare eye condition which Patience is having," said Wanga. "She is among our top girls despite her being absent from school most of the time, any help will be of great success to the school and society at large," she added.
