 Mwadil kada means hope. We normally take a moment to really reflect on how lucky we are, knowing we are giving back, we are giving hope to all those fighting cancer. Our initiative normally brings so many people together to celebrate all the cancer warriors. The work of hope and courage is attributed to Alhaji Abdiaziz Aden, who succumbed to bone cancer in 2017. We are inviting everyone to our work of hope and courage. This is our third edition. It will be on 14 December 2019 from Kibira to Korokochok. You can support our initiative by buying a tisha through our pay bill number. Thank you. Are we together? Wasn't that deep guys? Wasn't that so very deep? It's my honor, my pleasure even to host Asha Muhammad today on the show Karibu Sanamami. Thank you. What's the video we've just seen? Would you like to say hi first? Your camera is over here. Just maybe say your name and what you do. Good morning everyone. My name is Aisha Muhammad. I am the co-founder of the organization known as Fadil Kadilukemiya Foundation, which was founded in 2016 in honor of baby Fadil, who passed on in India. He went there for treatment. Fadil, who is our main inspiration, never came back. After three months of treatment he succumbed to leukemia. I have several questions, but let's start with you. Why is it that we always go to India? Is it that the healthcare is better than here? What are we saying about Kenyan doctors and facilities? I think we all know with cancer you need millions and it's not that easy. It's easier there because the treatment here is a bit more expensive. For example with Fadil, when he started his treatment, the mother was so much going through so many challenges and financial issues. So we researched so much about India and then we got this hospital whereby we used to pay in instalments. So we used to fundraise on social media. 300,000 then we send. 200,000 then we send. So we find it's more easier in India. It sounds to me that there's more than just being sick. There's being sick than there's stigma and then there's now everything else. The financial constraints, moving around, relating with others. Where do you come in in this whole process? We normally come in as an organisation to give not only financial support, but also to be there for families, to give them hope, strength and courage. Because it comes with so many things, not only financial emotional stress and such. We have a group, I cannot say it's a cancer support group. Of course that's what we'd like to have in the future. But for now we have a group in our awareness programme. We normally also call on the cancer survivors. In this way they share their journey. So there are so many people who talk about it. Who tell them that cancer is just a sentence, cancer is not a death sentence. We normally come in giving them hope, a word of encouragement. Prayers are also there. Fathil you said had born cancer. No he had blood cancer. Lukaimia? Yes. So you don't really stick to one particular version of cancer? We normally deal with all the childhood cancer cases. Why did you decide to focus on children? Because the foundation is founded in honour of our baby, three year old boy. So the mother went through so many challenges. And then with adults it becomes so difficult raising funds for them. If you post a kid fighting a certain cancer case, I think it's all about sympathy. So we get so many help when it comes to kids. So we decided to focus on kids because it's more easier. And according to the video there was a recent work. Tell me about the work. The work is an inspiration of Abdiaziz Hajj Adel. He traded sometimes back on media, he spoke. He had a born cancer. We took him to India but unfortunately they cannot treat him. So he pleaded with the well wishers that he would want to go to Mecca for a pilgrimage. Wow! So he went there after three months he passed on. So before he passed on in 2016 we held this work because throughout his sickness he portrayed the braveness, courage and on the verge of breaking down he normally tells us, he used to tell us usiliye. So when we want to maybe give up because of the challenges that we go through we just remember his slogan usiliye. So we wanted to do this work in tribute to him and to honour all the cancer cases. My favourite thing about that story is the last place that he wanted to go is Mecca. That's what he wanted to go. Because he was given three months to live. So he said before he died, can you come through and take me to Hajj? So well wishers came in and they took him. So he came back after two months he passed. Okay, guys I'm going to be very honest with you. I asked her this question before we got on air but I think I just want to ask it again. Just in case you're also wondering it like me. You have either your heart is very big and it's wonderful or there's some way you're benefiting here. So what does this mean for you? How do you... I think I know how it feels because my mum passed. She had liver cancer. So I know how it feels to lack. So there was so much struggle in terms of finance. So when she passed, so when I come across a case I remember what we went through. So I become so passionate in doing this. And then if we take a case and we see this child is progressing well because you know with cancer people believe that it's a death sentence. So when I see this kid getting unwell I get inspired. At least I know that I'm doing something. I'm helping someone somewhere. So it gives me that courage. What happens if the child doesn't make it? We can normally break down in traumatizing. Doing cancer cases it's not easy. Sometimes we go through so much pain because we've lost the number of kids that we were taking care of. Do you go through counselling and all these things? No, we don't go through counselling. Why? You sure? You're doing such heavy work. I know it's very heavy. Sometimes you don't even sleep because you take in a case as you go through them you just get a call or maybe a message that the baby has passed. It's not that easy. We go through so much pain sometimes after the events of our activities we normally log out from all social media and at least we want to relax but the moment you log out and come back there's so many things that we lose track of maybe followers and then you come in then you get so many messages that someone wanted some help. It's not easy. Tell me about this social media platform. How does it help you? Do you get to interact with people? Do you get to find new kids who are going through different situations? How does this work for you? In fact, we greatly rely on social media. All the cases that you've done the well-wishers we normally get the funds from friends and well-wishers on Facebook. At least with network we've known so many like minded organizations that we normally partner with them and then I can say 90% of our help comes from social media friends. How can we find you on social media? So we can become friends. We have a page Fadil Kadalikimi Foundation on Facebook. You can also find me Aisha Ahmed my contacts are 0722-160496. So if I was to call in and say I want to help in somewhere of the other if maybe money is not something that I can give what else can I do to help? In fact, we normally ask not only cash but in kind for example, when we have events we normally like ask for refreshments maybe ambulance, yes. Oh, yeah. Okay. So say Kali Ngatizaka e no? Really? They don't help. We normally partner with other organizations. Let's say Lancet they provide us with their doctors and then an organization may come in and say I'll provide refreshment for the events and maybe another organization will come in and say I'll provide transport for so and so certain amount. For example, we've done cancer awareness in Mombasa, Kuala Garisa. So we normally find individuals who really support us. I cannot say that the government has helped us in any way. I like that those places that you've mentioned are quite remote. Is it kukun, danin danin and I think I'm trying to assume that's where the awareness is needed the most. We normally concentrate on those areas because they have less information about cancer. So many people believe that cancer is an illness that is caused by witchcraft. So that's... Ah, yeah. Plush twist. So that's why as Fadil Kada we come in and teach them about it's just like any other disease. Yes. Wow. Okay, so for example I'm trying to imagine... In fact, we have a banner that says Saratani Sinchao Kansai Tmoto Witchcraft. Okay. Why would they think it's witchcraft? Anything we don't understand it must be evil. I think that's why in fact when we had this work someone who asked us please tell us about cancer as much as we know there are so many cancer cases we tried to talk to her. The last word she told me was mina onaini lahana. So I was like no, cancer can affect everyone. That's why in our awareness we did this short short videos in every tribe cancer doesn't choose a race try gender rich or poor cancer is for all. So it's high time the government not only the government but you and me we do more and more awareness on cancer. That's devastating. So when they machinani and then you start telling them okay about cancer but they don't know so that means in total if you want cancer they're not getting treated the way they should. You know in machinani areas they don't access for example in Garisa we don't have an oncologist there so when you are told it's either you come all the way to Nairobi for treatment or you just remain at home because if you have cancer there's no oncologist here you just sit at home and die. When doctors and nurses must slap different when you're trying to organize things and that actual awareness you need. Those people who are in remote areas they really have problem in accessing cancer treatment. Alright. Do you specify on the girl child or the boy child or it's just children? It's children. I'm a strong girl to tell but kachom into ten as our at Y-12 and Facebook at Y-12 ochan and Twitter hashtag is Y-in-the-morning What is your end goal? When do you have planned for the foundation? What's your vision? Our vision is to have a cancer support group that will consist of oncologists nutritionists ecologists People who will take us through Kusimia kwaa poli puni niha kama dwecha kik Walimita katya Kuna kwaa poli jwo kwaa poli okutia 듣unia kwaa au-prei na mendeira kwaa wajiwa kama niha kaya kutia dive na mendeira kwaa nika kwenye na fiyi kenduan to kuwa maybe go to but next year in February we might go to Iseolo if all goes well For another work? for cancer awareness program Is it like class we also have total mentorship program in high school we Sanp 2500 Sanp 2500 We just touched some parts about cancer because cancer education is what in schools so it was our wish that cancer education should be introduced to us to hospital just like HIV and other diseases So we normally mentor them normally touch some parts of them maybe cancer education That's a very beautiful thing ma'akini mga na lezu kwa kusata sai tu nga mhatu wakini kwa h Master ah Laulik mmama lakumu kubu katatuna hata kuha bekaa ulazina huku tatu bilu na kufu na kufu ulazina ulazina hibunu hibu k gustu hibu hibu nyewe nyebu kufu hibu hibu So it's not that easy losing our patience. Yao, nezuko mechanga lafum tradi ya kufi. It's really hard. And then every September it's leukemia when it's month. We normally visit Kenyata National Hospital. So it's traumatising because sometimes a parent may call you. See ya titu kona wezo sana. Mitu tangu ajarisiv kemo for almost a week because I like maybe 3000 or 5000. So this one tells you, this one tells you, you don't know what to do. So it kinds of traumatises. And another challenges may be lack of resources to run our activities. If I had the ability to just give you choppers so that you just be flying whenever you want then you come back. Oh my gosh. I want you once more to give us your contact details so that we can get on contacting her. You can find us on Facebook. Fadil Kadalukemi Foundation. For me Aisha Ahmed, I'm also on Facebook. My contact is 0722-164-96. Thank you so very much Aisha for coming. Is anything else you'd like to tell the people before we leave? You can join Fadil Kadalukemi as a member or a sub volunteer. What does a member get? Members normally contribute. There's a monthly subscription. So such fees help us in running our activities. I see someone saying no one fights alone. This is, talk to me, where is this and what's happening? It's our slogan, no one fights alone. I need you, you need me. So it's a matter of communityhood. Okay, he looks sad but I like the message. I think he was kind of tired. This is just concluded, the work of hope that he did. Where was it from? From Kibera to Korogochon. I don't know. In fact, I don't want to go. But what inspired me is that we have a cancer survivor here. A born cancer survivor. Born? Born cancer survivor. You see him, he's called Miles Moses Miles. So when you want to give up or maybe you say you're tired, if you see him in front of you, what comes into your mind? No, we are stronger than cancer. I see work of hope. Eh, namnajuakuneni, yoni traffic. Tulkotumeto ata escots. Wow! You guys are a big deal. Okay, baga buvuzela. Amain game nami nambihi zela. It's a very, very sad topic. It's a very heavy on the heart but I'm glad that you're doing what you're doing. I appreciate you and thank you on behalf of all the kids and their families. Thank you. Damhaugtusai because I know she's doing a good thing. What are you doing? What am I doing? Okay, chita mit badae to discuss ke chita do from now on to benefit the community. My name is still Valentine and I don't want you to go anywhere because okay, Alex is coming through with youth and politics.