Compassion update: Achile
June 16, 2010 | Compassion International
I just found out that a child desperately needs help, greater than his Compassion sponsor’s monthly donations can give. Achile is an 8-year-old boy in Burkina Faso with a congenital heart defect known as tetralogy of Fallot. He has been in pain for five years and hasn’t been able to attend school regularly and receive the full of benefit of his sponsorships.
Compassion International has provided medical care for Achile for the last two years at the National Teaching Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo in Burkina Faso in western Africa. However, doctors there now believe his condition requires urgent heart surgery, which is not available in Burkina Faso.
Achile will be transported to a specialized hospital in India for a lifesaving operation that will cost an estimated $20,449.
Can you help this child? If you would like to donate (large or small — it all helps!), please do so here: http://compassion.com/Achile I will begin by donating with you. My donation might seem small compared to the need, but combined with your’s and others who are getting the word out, it will save this child’s life and provide him a future.
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