For twelve years, Alberta Fuachie, a Senior High School graduate, had to drag herself on the ground to go about her usual movements after a strange illness struck her.
She had just finished Senior High School and was working as a shopkeeper until she fell ill.
“I just woke up one day and I could not feel my legs,” she told crimecheckghana.org
Life has not been the same for Alberta who was working to support her unemployed 75-year-old father.
Alberta said she was only 21 when she fell ill. She crawled till she turned 33 when some benevolent doctors took her under the knife.
At least, after the surgery she is able to stand on her feet but her legs wobble if she does not get the support of a walking aid.
According to her, until she undergoes a series of surgeries, which doctors indicate would cost Ninety-Six Thousand Ghana cedis, she would not be able to walk the normal way.
“I have to undergo another surgery to help me walk well. Doctors said it will cost GHC 96,000 but there is no hope of raising such an amount,” she said sadly.
Alberta walks with the help of his father despite the walking aid.
To climb the three stairs to the office of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), she needed the help of two strong men amid unbearable pains.
Finally, when she got to the office, she was in tears as she narrated her story. Her father could also not contain his tears as they pleaded for support.
“Every month we buy about GHC 420 medications through benevolence. My father is unemployed and I also cannot work to help him. We sometimes have to beg before we eat. It has not been easy,” she cried.
Through the contribution of a UK-based donor, Kingdom Helpers, CCF gave the father and daughter One Thousand Ghana cedis as it awaits contribution for her surgery.
The gift ignited excitement within them as hope beckons. They expressed their gratitude for the gift.
The gesture forms part of Crime Check Foundation’s Health Check Series under which many individuals have received support to get proper medical care.
