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Beatrice is a single mother living with her two daughters (Josephine, aged 12, and Maureen, aged 4) in Makina, a district of Nairobi plagued by poverty and violence.
Three years ago, her husband died of AIDS, leaving her with her children and without any savings or possessions. Beatrice was infected with HIV by her husband and is already taking medication to help slow the progression of her immune deficiency. As she is the sole source of income for her children, she finds herself in a race against time, doing her best to make ends meet for her family.
For several years now, Beatrice has been suffering from a chronic skin ulcer on her right lower leg: it won’t heal and is causing painful, gradually worsening swelling in her leg. Beatrice sells roasted sweetcorn on the dusty, dirty streets of her neighbourhood and often has to stand for hours on end, which keeps the ulcer open and makes the pain unbearably worse. She doesn’t even have the money for regular, reasonably clean dressing changes (or painkillers!) – her monthly income amounts to the equivalent of just 30 euros.
The only real chance of healing the ulcer, alongside pain management and, initially, antibiotic treatment, was regular, sterile dressing changes carried out by our nurse, Dotty. After a long course of treatment requiring a great deal of patience, this has finally been achieved, as the photo shows!
A heartfelt thank you to all Tulisa donors!