Appeal for 7year old Tanatswa with Celebral Palsy

Dear donors and well wishers . My name is Makazvita Ishe . I am working with Violet Makunike , Silas Paradza , Moses Chikwadzi , Courage and sister Sandy to assist Tanatswa and her family with funding.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 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 . We as a team 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.

The family live 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$30 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 Tanatswa.

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 and ground .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 paiful and 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 Zimbabwe.

MONEY RAISED

Money raised through this Go Fund Me Appeal will be withdrawn by  Makazvita Ishe who has helped to withdraw Go Fund Me funds for children such as Simbarashe Dande  using this platform.

The money raised will be used to  

1. Buy a wheel chair for Tanatswa and or any other equipment to aid her mobility.

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 her children.

4. Buy medication, medical requirements, clothes and food for Tanatswa

5. Sponsor her education , transport, pay shool fees, buy uniforms,books, 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 own medication as well while Tanatswa is receiving the medical care she needs.

HOW BENEFICIARY WILL RECEIVE FUNDS

The money raised will be sent to the mother using Western union or Cassava money transfer by Makazvita Ishe or Courage. The other money will be transfered by the same means to Silas Paradza who will buy some needed stuff for Tanatswa and take the items 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 [phone redacted]. Well wishers with no bank accounts may also transfer funds to Violet's mobile number using mobile transfer agencies such as worldremit.

By raising funds for Tanatswa's  physiotherapy, wheelchair ,medical care, food, bedding ,clothes , special school , transport money and school resources such as uniforms, books and related stationery we are hoping that this will enable her to lead a better life. This will also help to relieve her mother of some emotional and physical stress she is going through. 

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 and medical care . May you all be blessed for your kindness.

Thank you very much.


Sincerely Team Tanatswa