The baby boy was brought to Kasisi during the Covid 19 pandemic. Kasisi, despite being closed for safety reasons, opened its doors to receive the child in need. Chola was brought from a village 800 km away. The boy had lost his mother in tragic circumstances. The woman did not survive an encounter with a crocodile, and because she was breastfeeding the boy, Chola quickly fell ill with malnutrition. When we admitted him to Kasisi he weighed only 6,5 kg. With special feeding we were able to nurse the boy out of malnutrition and strengthen his very weak body.
We hope that Christopher’s death, which was an unexpected tragic event for the whole Kasisi, will kick off a chain reaction of good. Because of this, we started the Christopher Sakala Fund. With this fund, we support children being treated on the oncological ward at the hospital in Lusaka.