Content creator Vincent Kaluma alias Kaluma Boy has appreciated Kenyans for standing with him during a fundraiser on Sunday.
On Sunday, Kenyans flocked the home of Kaluma Boy in an act of kindness and solidarity to help his ailing father.
Kaluma Boy, a content creator has been documenting how he is single-handedly taking care of his ailing father on his social media pages.
He has been working on a local farm, picking tea to help cover the medical bills for his father, which he said became overwhelming.
Speaking after the fundraiser, Kaluma Boy expressed gratitude to Kenyans saying his father’s situation will now change.
“I thank Kenyans for supporting me. Thank you all very much and May God bless you. On behalf of my family, we are grateful and be blessed,” he said.
“I was not expecting all those people to turn up, that is the work of God. He has done it all. It is God’s grace that people loved me and decided to help us out.”
Kaluma Boy explained that when he posted the first video in July, some of the social media users told him to update more videos of his ailing father for well-wishers to reach out.
The first video, he explained, was not meant to ask for help from Kenyans but just to introduce his ailing father and show how he battles illness.
According
to him, the father has been sick for about one year after he suffered a stroke
in end of August 2024.
“After he got
sick, he went in a coma for three months and he came from the hospital in
December but until now, we have been in and out of hospital. It is like he is
in a ward at home. It is been hard for us; the medications are expensive,” he
said.
“I appeal to
you to help us, if we can find someone to help us take him to a physiotherapist,
he will be well soon, if he is at home, it is hard.”
Kenyans on
social media were moved to tears as they arranged a visit to help him, coming
out in large numbers.
A fleet of
buses was also seen making way to Kaluma Boy’s home for the fundraiser.
Kenyans on social media have come out to applaud those who showed up and mobilized fellow social media users in the show of solidarity.
The purpose of the visit was fundraising: to provide substantial financial aid for the father's ongoing medical treatment, especially physiotherapy.
Donations in kind: Supporters arrived with supplies, foodstuff, and other necessary items to ease the family's daily burden. moral support To show Kaluma Boy that he was not alone and that his selfless dedication had touched the heart of the nation.
Emotional scenes unfolded as the young man, who had been quietly struggling in his corner of the country, was overwhelmed by the love and physical presence of a national family.
Parents in the crowd were reportedly moved to tears, thanking the wider Kenyan community for showing up "not as strangers, but as one family united by kindness."
