Hi, my name is Maddy and I am fundraising to help Namulisa live with the medical condition she has. Her world is slowly fading into a blur of shadows. At only 13 years old, she should be chasing butterflies in the fields of her village, but instead, a persistent, dull ache in her left eye has grown into a heavy, life-altering weight.

The diagnosis is Retinoblastoma-eye cancer.

What started as a strange white glow in her pupil, noticed only by her poor grandmother under the dim light of a kerosene lamp, has become a protruding mass that stole her sight and her smile. Every morning, Namulisa wakes up not to the golden sunrise, but to the sharp stabs of pain that radiate through her head.

Her family, already struggling to put food on the table, is heartbroken. Her grandmother has sold their only two goats to pay for initial consultations, but the cost of the life-saving chemotherapy and surgery needed to stop the cancer from reaching her brain is a mountain they cannot climb alone.

"I just want to go back to school," Namulisa whispers, her hand instinctively covering her bandaged face. "I don't want the dark to take the rest of me."

Namulisa is fighting for her life, but her strength is running out. She urgently needs financial assistance for medical bills, transport to the city hospital, personal needs and specialized care. Your kindness could be the light that guides her out of the darkness.

THANK YOU!