Anonymous2.1

    "We all get told that even just one single treatment can change our lives. They tell us it can improve our lives. The lives of our children. But no one has ever prepared us for the harsh reality that separates us between that very treatment and actually completing it. No one prepares you well enough to have to decide to die because a treatment can cost much more than a life here in Kawangware. One day, I was one of them. And I needed that treatment. And I didn't have enough money to afford it. I had stomach pains for a few days. They didn't seem to stop. They prevented me from even standing up on my own, incapable of doing my job. I carry water to survive. I spend hours and hours walking to bring water home. I have children. I need them. I need them to go to school. I want them to have a better life than I had. Today, I feel weaker than yesterday. I probably have a fever. I don't think I'll be able to go back to work soon. It might be malaria. We all know what it does to the bodies of people living in these areas. I'm a bit scared. I don't have money. We never really have it in these kinds of life occasions and moments. I'm sitting here thinking about my children. I know they are well. I'm so proud of them. As for my pain? My pain comes after them."

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