A 15-year-old Junior High School student is appealing to the general public to help him raise GHS17, 232 to undergo radiotherapy for cancer in the throat and neck.
Richmond Amoako from Ho in the Volta Region was diagnosed of cancer in the throat (nasopharyngeal) at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on 6 August 2020.
Amoako’s mother, Peace Asimenu, said the family is incapable of raising the whopping sum hence her appeal to well-meaning Ghanaians to come to their aid, adding until then they will continue to resort to herbal alternatives and God’s intervention.
“I first sent him to my village for interventions but there was no positive outcome, so I quickly returned to Ho. Then I decided to send him to prayer camps and churches for God’s intervention, I first of all sent him to a prayer camp at Matse (suburb of Ho) for four months fasting and prayers, we then moved to Kpetoe for one month, I also sent him to a pastor in Accra where we spent about one and half month,” the mother who sells sugarcane at the Ho Central Market told Asaase News.
The single mother of three children is also calling on the government to assist them as her son’s situation deteriorates.
“One of my sons got admission at Kumasi (KNUST) but due to his (Richmond’s) condition, the brother was not able to go to the school, he is in the house with me. I’m a sugarcane seller so he is helping me to sell the sugar cane and that is what we survive on.
“I’ve already buried three of my sons, and this one too will die? Please help me, I’m begging the entire nation to help me,” Asimenu pleaded.
Touching on his condition, Amoako said he finds it difficult to breathe.
“I can’t breathe well. I cannot swallow, and I’m always feeling pains, sometimes if I take the pain killer it pains me more before I get some relief. I can’t even chew at one side of my tooth, I can’t turn my neck,” he explained.
Stigmatisation
Amoako said he is already being stigmatised against at school.
“When I go to school, I feel ashamed because of how they have been talking about me. It got to a point I told my mother I don’t want to go to school again because after seeing the sickness, they’ve changed towards me, they don’t want to come close to me again.
“God is the healer, but without the people I can’t get treatment so I pray to God to touch the heart of the people to help me and I’m sure God will not shame us,” Amoako said with optimism.
Kindly send your kind donation(s) to the elderly sister of Richmond, Nana Regina Amoako’s MTN mobile money number 0240295001 or contact the reporter Albert Kuzor via albertgdys@gmail.com to support.
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