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Hope as Sh15.8b project breathes life into patients afflicted by TB

French ambassador Arnaud Suquet and Red Cross Deputy Secretary General Annette Msabeni when they visited Lucy Achieng (centre) at her home in Manyatta, Kisumu, on Friday. [Washington Onyango, Standard]

In the heart of the bustling Manyatta area in Kisumu, Lucy Achieng, a mother of four, has embarked on a journey of hope and recovery.

Her life was abruptly altered one year ago when she was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis, an ordeal that cast a dark shadow over her family.

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