On Friday (2 Oct), a mother in the Philippines took to Threads to ask popular US-based kids’ content creator, Ms Rachel, to help share her baby’s fundraiser.
To her surprise, Ms Rachel responded the following day, saying she had donated the full fundraiser target of USD5,000 (around S$6,400).
In the Threads post, the mother, Daisy, shared a video of her older son singing “I Love a Rainbow”, a children’s song written and performed by Ms Rachel.
Saying the song is her son’s favourite, she expressed hope that the content creator with 21.6 million followers on YouTube would share the fundraiser for her younger son.
The mother shared that her younger son was diagnosed with omphalocele, a birth defect where an infant’s organs stick outside its abdomen through the belly button, enclosed in a thin sac.
Source: Go Get Funding
On the fundraising website, Daisy said that her younger son required immediate medical care upon birth and had to stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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Although he has since been discharged, the family still faces a huge medical bill of Php292,557 (about S$6,000).
“We never imagined that our baby’s hospital bill would reach such a high amount,” Daisy wrote. “Despite all our efforts, our financial means are still insufficient to cover the hospital expenses.”
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Daisy also said donations will cover the cost of her baby’s surgery, doctors’ fees, and operating room charges.
“We promise to only ask for help for what we need; enough to get me back on our feet again,” she added.
Commenting on the mother’s post, Ms Rachel wrote: “I donated the full amount. He’s so precious and much love to the whole family. Hope his brother feels better soon.”
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Following this, Daisy expressed profound thanks for Ms Rachel’s generous donation.
“Please know that your kindness will never be forgotten,” she wrote. “Thank you for being such a blessing to us.”
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Other Threads users also flooded the comments with praise for the content creator.
One netizen said: “Mommies, we made the right person famous”.
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Meanwhile, another netizen called her “a hero in a pink headband”.
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Featured image adapted from Ms Rachel – Toddler Learning Videos on YouTube & Go Get Funding.