HelpLesego Fight Motor Neuron Disease with dignity

Started 2 months ago

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R 28 972
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About This Campaign

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Alfred Monnakgotla
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BaB campaign
Location
Rustenburg
South Africa
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Started 2 months ago
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1. Help Lesego Breathe Easier: Lesego is a 43-year-old mother from Mogwase, Welgeval (Rustenburg), South Africa, living with advanced Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a severe motor neuron disease that has taken her mobility, independence, and ability to speak. Once warm, vibrant, and full of quiet strength, she is now fully bedridden and relies entirely on her family for daily care. Although ALS has weakened her body, Lesego’s mind and spirit remain present. She listens, feels, hopes, and fights each day. Your support can help provide the essential care, medical supplies, and dignity she urgently needs.
2. A Family Carrying an Impossible Burden
Long-term home care for advanced ALS receives very limited public support. Lesego’s family carries the full physical, emotional, and financial responsibility of keeping her safe and comfortable, but the level of care she now requires is far beyond what any family can manage alone. Her elderly mother, living with severe chronic pain and having undergone three back surgeries and a...

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A. Monnakgotla • 9 Oct '26
A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Supporters On behalf of Lesego and our family, thank you to everyone who has supported her journey, both online and offline. Whether you donated, provided essential ite...

A. Monnakgotla • 3 Sep '26
Dear BackaBuddy Team — Ms Carly, Sis Thuli, and the entire team, Thank you sincerely for the kindness, patience, and humanity you have shown throughout Lesego’s campaign. In one of the most painful...

A. Monnakgotla • 27 Aug '26
Dear Donor, Thank you sincerely for your generous contribution to Lesego’s Motor Neuron Disease (MND)/ALS campaign. Your support is more than a donation, it is an act of compassion that brings dign...
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