Charity Githuka's story

From April through October 1989, approximately 4000 cases of meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A were reported in Nairobi, and unfortunately I was 1 of the 4000 cases when I was barely 1 to 2 months.

Having grown with a mark on my forehead I regularly asked my mother what happened, and she could explain the ordeal to me and there I learnt that I spent a year plus in the hospital until one day my family members gathered my hospital bed and am told my older cousin lead the prayers that God my take my soul instead of letting me live in pain and agony. But miraculously I got well and that’s why I always tell people that “At your finishing point, God takes it over”.
in my earlier years of my life I spent more time in the hospital than at home because of headaches but with time and treatments am fully recovered, although left with A BIG SCAR on my head which always remind me of God's love to me.

When I look at myself in the mirror, I see God's chosen one.

Thank you COMO for choosing me to be able to share my story hoping to encourage someone