Donate to Shakeela Bibi for Her Hepatitis-C Treatment

Shakeela Bibi's Story

Shakeela Bibi, aged 32 years, started feeling unwell a few weeks ago and sought medical help for it. Suspecting deficiencies, her doctor advised blood work, including an HCV test and the tests detected hepatitis C in her blood. There is no previous history of hepatitis and since it has been caught in the early stages, a treatment plan can easily be implemented. The only issue is the cost of the treatment.

Shakeela Bibi lives with her husband and 5 children, all under the age of 12, on the outskirts of Lahore. Her husband is a vegetable vendor and Shakeela herself works as a housemaid. Collectively, they both earn not more than 17,000 PKR/month, all of which is spent on the basic day to day expenses.

“We can barely keep track of when the money comes in and when it is spent. I feel like as soon as my husband and I get paid, we run out of money because there is a whole long list of things to buy. Basic things like groceries and utilities. It is next to impossible to save anything for my treatment with 5 small children to raise.” – Shakeela Bibi

If not attended to now, Shakeela’s disease can progress and cause serious harm to her. She might not be able to save up for her treatment but it can still be carried out with a small contribution from each one of us.

To enable us to arrange for her treatment, please contribute to its cost today.

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