By BigEyeUg Team
Hayley Diane Wedgbury who lives in London, U.K. recently met a truly brave and inspiring young boy, Ericka-John from Kampala, Uganda.
Unfortunately Diane met him on a London children’s hospital where the daughter was being treated after an operation.
“Ericka-John has a serious condition that has severely disfigured his face and was flown over to London by a UK charity organization for life saving treatment. He has been living in the hospital for 4 months and has many more months of painful procedures ahead of him before he can return home to Uganda,” Daine says.
Little did Diane know that John was a staunch Bebe Cool fan and that Bebe’s music brought a lot of joy.
“My daughter was in hospital for two weeks, and every single day I was on the hospital ward with her and Ericka-John, and every day I saw him in pain, but I also saw him smile every day when the nurses would give him access to the Internet to listen to his favourite artist ‘Bebe Cool’ on YouTube. He would get out of is bed and dance and eventually we were all up dancing, including the nurses! He truly deserves a nice treat,” Diane added.
The Good Samaritan then decided to cheer up John even more with some Bebe Cool branded merchandise.
“I knew Ericka-John was desperately missing his family back home in Kampala so I was hoping for a way to cheer him up. I have been searching for Bebe Cool merchandise (t-shits and hats) but cannot find a UK supplier so that can keep this amazing boy Ericka spirits up. After failing to get the t-shirts in London I emailed my Ugandan friend Andrew Kaggwa inquiring about Bebe cool t-shirts and caps. Kaggwa helped and connected me to a guy called Richard Kleberson who prints and sales Bebe Cool tshirts, I got in contact with Kleberson and sent him the money for two Bebe cool t-shirts, two caps, and two wristbands through money gram money transfer. After that Kleberson made the t-shirts, caps and wristbands and sent them to me via ems that I received within four days.”
The branded goodies brought a lot of happiness to John as Diane explains.
“After receiving the stuff I took them to Ericka he was very happy and excited to receive the gifts, he’s a huge Bebe Cool fan. Ericka is so desperate to return home to Uganda, but his treatment is taking longer than expected, lets pray for him to get healed.”
Pray for John.
