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Ray of hope for blind students

Ed Maina a Students of Kilimani Primary school at the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa fundraising campaign dubbed #myvision campaign at a city hotel in Nairobi. This was on 24/06/2016. PHOTO BY DAVID GICHURU

Little Ed Maina lived a normal life before his life was plunged into darkness. One day while in school, he fell ill, and this was to become the norm.

At first, doctors could not tell what was wrong with the then eight-year-old boy. Several tests and visits to different hospitals indicated that Ed (pictured) had meningitis. The condition took such a toll on him that he eventually became blind.

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