Kiem, a race against the clock

Kiem is one of the students NK Seeds sponsors in Luang Prabang. On 10 February 2024, the team received terrible news: he has a serious kidney disease. His kidneys are working at only 10 to 20%. Action had to be taken very quickly.

Since the summer of 2023, NK Seeds has had an emergency fund, reserved for life-threatening situations. Thanks to this fund, and above all to the Rotary Chamonix, the association was able to pay for two first emergency dialysis sessions.

But to carry them out, Kiem needed blood: his own did not have enough red blood cells. Laura, a member of the association, and two expat friends, Laura and Tristan, are universal donors. They gave their blood. Then began a real race against the clock: the blood had to be cleaned, then sent in time to Oudomxay hospital. That day, Nikko, another sponsored student, acted as courier.

Once the emergency had passed, the whole team looked for a long-term way to pay Kiem's medical costs. A generous donor, Jean-Pierre, made it possible to guarantee the funding of his dialysis for a year.

The students NK Seeds sponsors come from disadvantaged families, often farmers. For Kiem, sponsorship, the emergency fund and the generosity of a few people made the difference, at the right time. The team promised to share news of how his situation develops.