Success Stories

Real patients, fully funded by people like you. Every story started as a case on Botome.

6

Patients helped

GHS 52.9K

Raised together

1.3K+

Kind donors

5

Hospitals

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Adwoa Frimpong

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Funded
Korle Bu — oncology ward
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Korle Bu — oncology ward

108% funded214 donors · 11 days

GHS 9.2K raised of GHS 8.5K

Adwoa finished chemotherapy and is now in remission.

Diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, Adwoa needed six rounds of chemotherapy her family could not afford. In just eleven days, 214 donors funded her full treatment. She completed her final session in March and her latest scans are clear.

“I cried when I saw strangers giving so I could live to raise my children. Botome gave me my life back.”

— Adwoa Frimpong

4w ago

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Baby Nhyira

37 Military Hospital

Funded
Day 1 in NICU — 37 Military Hospital
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Day 1 in NICU — 37 Military Hospital

105% funded308 donors · 6 days

GHS 12.6K raised of GHS 12K

Born at 28 weeks, Nhyira went home healthy after 7 weeks in NICU.

Nhyira weighed just 1.1kg at birth and needed seven weeks of intensive neonatal care. Her parents had exhausted their savings within days. The Botome community covered every cedi of her NICU stay — she was discharged strong and healthy.

“Every machine keeping our daughter alive was paid for by people we will never meet. We named her Nhyira — blessing.”

— Nhyira's father

1mo ago

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Yaw Boateng

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Funded
Pre-surgery admission — Komfo Anokye
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Pre-surgery admission — Komfo Anokye

100% funded96 donors · 4 days

GHS 4.2K raised of GHS 4.2K

Yaw's emergency surgery was funded in 4 days — he's back at university.

A 20-year-old engineering student, Yaw needed urgent surgery after a road accident. With no insurance, the bill threatened to end his education. Donors rallied within four days; he has fully recovered and returned to his second year.

“I thought I would have to drop out. Instead I'm back in class. Thank you for not letting me give up.”

— Yaw Boateng

2w ago

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Esi Annan

Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

Funded
First dialysis session — Cape Coast
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First dialysis session — Cape Coast

103% funded421 donors · 19 days

GHS 18.5K raised of GHS 18K

Six months of dialysis kept Esi alive until her transplant.

Esi, a 47-year-old teacher, needed thrice-weekly dialysis while waiting for a compatible kidney donor. The community funded six months of treatment, keeping her stable until a successful transplant in April.

“Each session was a week of life bought by someone's kindness. I teach my pupils that Ghana cares for its own.”

— Esi Annan

2mo ago

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Kojo Mensah

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Funded
Admission — vaso-occlusive crisis
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Admission — vaso-occlusive crisis

106% funded133 donors · 8 days

GHS 5.1K raised of GHS 4.8K

Kojo's sickle cell crisis was treated in time — he's home with his mum.

Kojo, 22, was admitted with a severe vaso-occlusive crisis. His single mother could not afford the transfusions and monitoring he needed. Donors covered his care within eight days and he was discharged pain-free.

“My mother sells provisions on the roadside. She could never have paid this. You carried us.”

— Kojo Mensah

1w ago

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Ama Tetteh

Ridge Hospital

Funded
Emergency ward — Ridge Hospital
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Emergency ward — Ridge Hospital

110% funded78 donors · 3 days

GHS 3.3K raised of GHS 3K

An emergency blood transfusion reached Ama within hours.

Ama suffered severe complications during childbirth and needed an emergency transfusion. The case reached its goal in three days, covering her care and a week of recovery. Both mother and baby are thriving.

“I held my newborn because people acted fast. There are no words big enough for that.”

— Ama Tetteh

1mo ago

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