To all CIGAs,

This is a true miracle as Bina’s condition, in normal medical terms, offered little if any solace.

I respectfully request the continued prayers of all persuasions and sincere positive thoughts of all our readers for Bina’s continued and total recovery as Joseph is my son in our extended and blood family. Bina therefore is my granddaughter with all its meaning, responsibilities and honors.

Thank you,
Jim

Dear Chairman Jim and the whole entire team,

I am writing this email on behalf of my wife Nancy and the family, to thank you all for your great support, encouragement and prayers during our daughter’s hospitalization.

Bina was admitted at the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar Es Salaam on May 15th, 2009, whilst I was on an official trip to Kigosi to meet with the Project Manager and his Assistant. I had to stop my trip short and fly back to Dar Es Salaam to be with my daughter who was taken to ICU on the 16th.

Bina was diagnosed with over +1,000 parasites of malaria which had by then spread in her bone marrow, kidney and liver as well as the head. It was the most painful period of my life. My daughter, who was lying in front of me, could not talk, could not recognize anyone, could not eat and had quinine drip and other medicine on IV going into her small body at almost all points. She also had a catheter on. I seemingly could not do anything to help her, but hold her hands and pray with and for her.

I spent the entire days and nights next to the ICU door. It being the ICU, I was only allowed to see her for between 10-15 minutes every 40 minutes or so. Bina was discharged from the ICU on 19th May and on 20th May, she was allowed to come back home.

We now have her back home and she just goes to Hospitals for medical tests and returns home. If all goes well, we shall try and have her return to school sometime next week.

Again, Thank you all so much and God Bless You. The emails from Chairman, Anna, Victoria and Helen, as well as physical visits and telephone calls from Miriam, the calls and messages from Kennedy, Philip Sango, Marco and Peter Madoza were a great source of encouragement and comfort.

Love,
Joseph