Sheikh Tijan is a 9 year old boy living in the Gambia who was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and is being treated at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital for the past couple of months. It's almost impossible to get advanced treatment beyond pain medication and blood transfusions in the Gambia and his situation is critical. His older cousin, Saikou Trawally, who is a friend of mine and brother in the Lord, is in the process of filling out paperwork to get him to MD Anderson Hospital in Houston Texas where he will undergo treatment that will hopefully save his life. 

We understand the hesitancy to help with a fundraiser benefitting someone in a developing country like Gambia as often ill willed people in these countries exploit the compassion and empathy in online scams, however, it's critical for those who are actually suffering to receive the help they need. We welcome you to contact Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital to confirm this situation personally to verify and confirm for yourself. We have paper work and photos to verify. Below is a photo Saikou recently took of the passport he just made for Sheikh in preparation for the potential flight to Houston for treatment. 

Email:[email protected] Contact : (+220)7140627 / 7989370- PRO's Office, Banjul

Please consider donating no matter how big or small to save this brother's life. Saikou is a hard working brother in the Lord who plants crops on his farm in The Gambia, he has very little money and has invested already all he has in getting medicine and treatment for Tijan. His life is just as valuable as any life here in the States, the difference is, he does not have access to treatment or to funds or grants that many in the US do and with the poor reputation from previous  We are asking that if the Lord moves your heart to give to hopefully provide the treatment that could potentially save his life. If you can't donate, please pray for a miracle, that the Lord may heal him supernaturally. Prayer is so powerful, we know nothing it too hard for the Lord! 

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-Merylin Lira 

You can reach out to me with any questions at [email protected] or also my IG @merylinlira.