Emily

Emily is a lady in the local hospital in Rukungiri. She has heart failure and high blood pressure, it is also probable that she is in kidney failure as a reult of the medication for her heart condition.

Emily needed some tests to confirm her kidney condition and also to test her for AIDS. If AIDS is confirmed then she is entitled to free treatment but her medical bills are soaring and there is no way she can afford them. The tests she needed could not be carried out until she had paid some of her bills.

Mission Direct was able to both pay her outstanding bills and the cost of the tests she needed - all this came to less than £50, yet to most of the population this is an impossible amount of money to raise.