CALL TO ACTION
Brian Male is a 25-year-old suffering from double kidney (renal) failure. His acute condition has progressed to dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease with his kidney's functioning at a rate of only 5%. He is currently an in-patient on dialysis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) receiving 3 dialysis treatments per week at $200 USD per treatment (approximately, 760 000 UgShs). Brian urgently needs a kidney transplant to be performed in India within a month at an estimated $42, 000 USD/ $58,000 CAD (160, 000, 000 UG.shs).
This is an appeal to the International-Ugandan community and their friends to help raise the necessary money to fund Brian's kidney transplant surgery and get him back to full health and quality of life.
With GOD all things are possible! - Mathew 19:26
****UPDATE**** 2021-02-03 - BRIAN HAS UNDERGONE THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY AND ALL INDICATIONS ARE HE IS ACCEPTING THE TRANSPLANTED KIDNEY. THE DONOR IS ALSO RECOVERYING WELL. WE STILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE AND UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED. TODAY WE CELEBRATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP SAVE A LIFE WITH GOD'S GRACE.
Pre-Operative Treatment (~2021-01-28)
Helping a Friend in Need - How to Donate to Brian Male Campaign (New!)
NTV News Story (English - 2020-07-02)
NTV News Story (Luganda - 2020-07-02)
Message from Local Committee Member (English) - Brian Malle [sic] Kidney Transplant Fund
Message from Local Committee Member (Luganda) - Brian Malle [sic] Kidney Transplant Fund
(Brian English - 2020-06-23)
(Brian Luganda - 2020-06-23)
Recent video message from UAE (2020-06-30)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
About Brian:
Brian is the oldest of four boys. He is ambitious and mature. He assumed many of the responsibilities of caring for his siblings and mother, Gertrude, after the untimely death of his father at the age of 14 years old (2008). Brian helped his widowed mother to run the small stationery shop that his father left behind and taught himself how to breed dogs to supplement the family income.
Last year, Brian journeyed to Umalqueen, UAE in search of an opportunity that would enable him to help pay for his siblings' post-secondary education. He worked diligently as a construction worker, a trade for which he had no previous experience. He expected to complete his time in UAE in August of this year; however, a sudden onset of symptoms, which started with constant headaches, led him to be admitted to the hospital where it was found that his blood pressure was alarmingly high. Upon further testing and evaluation, it was discovered that both his kidneys were in acute condition.
Since being admitted to the hospital, Brian's condition has been deteriorating. His current medical condition requires him to have a kidney transplant immediately but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he is under strict travel restrictions that require special considerations and added costs. He is currently on dialysis three times a week at a cost of $200 USD per treatment, which translates to $600 USD weekly. More than $6000 USD (24,000,000M Ug.shs) has already been paid using the remainder of his temporary worker insurance and money mobilized locally. Brian will remain on dialysis until he gets a kidney transplant at a cost of $42,000 USD / $58,000 CAD.
Kidney Donor:
Half of the battle has been won as a member of Brian's family has been positively matched and is willing and able to donate a kidney in order to save Brian's life.
Local Campaign:
His family, friends, and church have created a plan to mobilize efforts locally. They are currently in the process of launching a concurrent campaign within his community. However, given the current economic climate, Brian's mother and his local community need help from us - the diasporic International Ugandan community and our friends - to meet the large, time-limited objective of raising $42, 000 USD / $58, 000 CAD.
Updates will be provided here on funds being raised in Uganda so that we may have an accurate picture of how much funds are needed to meet the $42, 000 USD / $58, 000 CAD objective.
So far, local efforts include the following:
1. Family members coordinated by Mukyala Busulaw
2. Church from Parish Level to Top Namirembe Diocese
3. Friends, Politicians, Business community, Kabowa Community, Media
See Facebook page created by the Ugandan committee: https://www.facebook.com/109278780836935?referrer=whatsapp
Daily Record of Donations Received in Local Campaign:
Surgery and Related Expenses Breakdown as of 2021-01-26: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oYVJi25yYlkh8UIf1Hdl6-qj-Z6fgPrV/view?usp=sharing
Daily Update on Ugandan Contributions as of 2020-07-11*: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vuV08LhYtw2DNAo-ZVyk8lAwiui-JEQc/view?usp=sharing
Balanced Spreadsheet: Contributions as of 2020-10-21**: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C89bUAbnDVsU1DwRMs-qV79q2rsrOZdD/view?usp=sharing
*The daily contributions list
**The balanced spreadsheet, which harmonizes and summarizes funds from the International and Local Campaign will be updated on a near-to-weekly basis. The detailed balance sheet remains the official record of the fund account.
Breakdown of Transplant-related Expenses:
*Updated* Breakdown – Save Brian Male Campaign – amounts in USD
1. Ongoing subsistence for Brian in the UAE ($100/WK) – 6wks ($600)
2. Ongoing UAE hospitalization (ICU, general, treatments & Meds) – 6wks ($0) (note: increasingly, some hospitalization costs have not been covered by insurance. These uninsured services are being paid by the family.)
3. 1-way air ticket from UAE to Uganda for Donor/Done cross-matching. ($800)
4. Comparability test, lawyers, paperwork, etc done in Uganda. ($1,000)
5. Dialysis, treatments, meds in Uganda while awaiting India transplant (3 months). ($12,000)
6. 3 2-way tickets (Brian, Donor & Caretaker) Uganda to India – ‘open’ -$1K each. ($3,000)
7. India Hospital package hospitalization, surgeries, treatment & meds for
Brian and Donor; includes approx. 38 days of meals and accommodation for
Brian, Donor & Caretaker. ($25,000)
8. Contingencies for pre-surgery delays while in India (flight timings, COVID-19 issues). (note: to be paid by family)
9. Contingencies for post-surgery delays while in India (flight timings, C-19 issues, etc.) ($2,500)
10. Post-surgery follow-up in Uganda - medical & Meds (quarterly) – 1st year. ($8,000)
11. Post-surgery follow-up in Uganda - medical & meds (biannually) – 2nd year. ($4,000)
12. Post-surgery follow-up in Uganda – medical & meds (annually) each yr. For lifetime. ($2,000)
Please note that his doctors have recommended accounting for contingencies in the event of complications. The family will endeavor to cover pre-surgery contingencies, in addition to on-going dialysis costs.
(Disclaimer: Brian has agreed to share health information. The organizer has redacted some information)
Ad that will run in the Ugandan Daily Monitor
Brian Male is a 25-year-old suffering from double kidney (renal) failure. His acute condition has progressed to dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease with his kidney's functioning at a rate of only 5%. He is currently an in-patient on dialysis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) receiving 3 dialysis treatments per week at $200 USD per treatment (approximately, 760 000 UgShs). Brian urgently needs a kidney transplant to be performed in India within a month at an estimated $42, 000 USD/ $58,000 CAD (160, 000, 000 UG.shs).
This is an appeal to the International-Ugandan community and their friends to help raise the necessary money to fund Brian's kidney transplant surgery and get him back to full health and quality of life.
With GOD all things are possible! - Mathew 19:26
****UPDATE**** 2021-02-03 - BRIAN HAS UNDERGONE THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY AND ALL INDICATIONS ARE HE IS ACCEPTING THE TRANSPLANTED KIDNEY. THE DONOR IS ALSO RECOVERYING WELL. WE STILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE AND UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED. TODAY WE CELEBRATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP SAVE A LIFE WITH GOD'S GRACE.
Pre-Operative Treatment (~2021-01-28)
Helping a Friend in Need - How to Donate to Brian Male Campaign (New!)
NTV News Story (English - 2020-07-02)
NTV News Story (Luganda - 2020-07-02)
Message from Local Committee Member (English) - Brian Malle [sic] Kidney Transplant Fund
Message from Local Committee Member (Luganda) - Brian Malle [sic] Kidney Transplant Fund
(Brian English - 2020-06-23)
(Brian Luganda - 2020-06-23)
Recent video message from UAE (2020-06-30)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
About Brian:
Brian is the oldest of four boys. He is ambitious and mature. He assumed many of the responsibilities of caring for his siblings and mother, Gertrude, after the untimely death of his father at the age of 14 years old (2008). Brian helped his widowed mother to run the small stationery shop that his father left behind and taught himself how to breed dogs to supplement the family income.
Last year, Brian journeyed to Umalqueen, UAE in search of an opportunity that would enable him to help pay for his siblings' post-secondary education. He worked diligently as a construction worker, a trade for which he had no previous experience. He expected to complete his time in UAE in August of this year; however, a sudden onset of symptoms, which started with constant headaches, led him to be admitted to the hospital where it was found that his blood pressure was alarmingly high. Upon further testing and evaluation, it was discovered that both his kidneys were in acute condition.
Since being admitted to the hospital, Brian's condition has been deteriorating. His current medical condition requires him to have a kidney transplant immediately but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he is under strict travel restrictions that require special considerations and added costs. He is currently on dialysis three times a week at a cost of $200 USD per treatment, which translates to $600 USD weekly. More than $6000 USD (24,000,000M Ug.shs) has already been paid using the remainder of his temporary worker insurance and money mobilized locally. Brian will remain on dialysis until he gets a kidney transplant at a cost of $42,000 USD / $58,000 CAD.
Kidney Donor:
Half of the battle has been won as a member of Brian's family has been positively matched and is willing and able to donate a kidney in order to save Brian's life.
Local Campaign:
His family, friends, and church have created a plan to mobilize efforts locally. They are currently in the process of launching a concurrent campaign within his community. However, given the current economic climate, Brian's mother and his local community need help from us - the diasporic International Ugandan community and our friends - to meet the large, time-limited objective of raising $42, 000 USD / $58, 000 CAD.
Updates will be provided here on funds being raised in Uganda so that we may have an accurate picture of how much funds are needed to meet the $42, 000 USD / $58, 000 CAD objective.
So far, local efforts include the following:
1. Family members coordinated by Mukyala Busulaw
2. Church from Parish Level to Top Namirembe Diocese
3. Friends, Politicians, Business community, Kabowa Community, Media
See Facebook page created by the Ugandan committee: https://www.facebook.com/109278780836935?referrer=whatsapp
Daily Record of Donations Received in Local Campaign:
Surgery and Related Expenses Breakdown as of 2021-01-26: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oYVJi25yYlkh8UIf1Hdl6-qj-Z6fgPrV/view?usp=sharing
Daily Update on Ugandan Contributions as of 2020-07-11*: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vuV08LhYtw2DNAo-ZVyk8lAwiui-JEQc/view?usp=sharing
Balanced Spreadsheet: Contributions as of 2020-10-21**: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C89bUAbnDVsU1DwRMs-qV79q2rsrOZdD/view?usp=sharing
*The daily contributions list
**The balanced spreadsheet, which harmonizes and summarizes funds from the International and Local Campaign will be updated on a near-to-weekly basis. The detailed balance sheet remains the official record of the fund account.
Breakdown of Transplant-related Expenses:
*Updated* Breakdown – Save Brian Male Campaign – amounts in USD
1. Ongoing subsistence for Brian in the UAE ($100/WK) – 6wks ($600)
2. Ongoing UAE hospitalization (ICU, general, treatments & Meds) – 6wks ($0) (note: increasingly, some hospitalization costs have not been covered by insurance. These uninsured services are being paid by the family.)
3. 1-way air ticket from UAE to Uganda for Donor/Done cross-matching. ($800)
4. Comparability test, lawyers, paperwork, etc done in Uganda. ($1,000)
5. Dialysis, treatments, meds in Uganda while awaiting India transplant (3 months). ($12,000)
6. 3 2-way tickets (Brian, Donor & Caretaker) Uganda to India – ‘open’ -$1K each. ($3,000)
7. India Hospital package hospitalization, surgeries, treatment & meds for
Brian and Donor; includes approx. 38 days of meals and accommodation for
Brian, Donor & Caretaker. ($25,000)
8. Contingencies for pre-surgery delays while in India (flight timings, COVID-19 issues). (note: to be paid by family)
9. Contingencies for post-surgery delays while in India (flight timings, C-19 issues, etc.) ($2,500)
10. Post-surgery follow-up in Uganda - medical & Meds (quarterly) – 1st year. ($8,000)
11. Post-surgery follow-up in Uganda - medical & meds (biannually) – 2nd year. ($4,000)
12. Post-surgery follow-up in Uganda – medical & meds (annually) each yr. For lifetime. ($2,000)
Please note that his doctors have recommended accounting for contingencies in the event of complications. The family will endeavor to cover pre-surgery contingencies, in addition to on-going dialysis costs.
(Disclaimer: Brian has agreed to share health information. The organizer has redacted some information)
Ad that will run in the Ugandan Daily Monitor
Organizer
Ramona Kyabaggu
Organizer