Teenager struggles with sickle cell disease, seeks Sh6m for stem cell transplant in India

Vinn Victory in tears at her Tairi Mbili home on the outskirts of Eldoret town in Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

When Vinn Victory was diagnosed with sickle cell disease in 2016, she was hopeful that there would be a lasting solution to an ailment that she is battling since birth.

But seven years later, she is still in excruciating pain. Every day, Victory struggles with the unending use of medicine, regular hospital admissions, and frequent blood transfusions. Her mother cannot raise the Sh6 million needed for a stem cell transplant in India, as recommended by doctors.