A global non-governmental organization headquartered in the United States, Helpster Charity US Inc, has introduced an advanced crowdfunding platform to finance crucial medical care for children in underserved regions worldwide, including areas in Africa and Asia.
The innovative charitable startup, founded in 2023, has devised a novel strategy to lower child mortality rates by linking at-risk children, expectant mothers, and young individuals in need of essential healthcare in isolated regions throughout Africa and Asia with individuals willing to sponsor their medical treatments.
The organization’s objective is to ensure that no child endures suffering or succumbs due to financial constraints. Through its application and website, the organization has already rescued more than 650 children, operating with a transparent method.
As per the organization, there are currently over 250 children awaiting financial support to address their urgent healthcare requirements, with the average treatment cost amounting to 231 USD based on an analysis of more than 1000 cases. For instance, the treatment for severe malaria or pneumonia begins at 20 USD, while appendicitis surgery costs about 200 USD.
Kate Lysykh, the Chief Executive Officer of Helpster Charity US Inc, highlighted how the lack of funding is hindering access to essential healthcare in impoverished nations, resulting in the premature but preventable deaths of numerous children.
“Where a child is born should not determine whether they live or die. We created Helpster to find those in critical need and fund their access to vital healthcare with transparency, speed, and efficiency.
“Our crowdfunding process seeks to bridge the gap between children in need of vital medicare and individuals willing to fund their treatments. We understand that we won’t be able to help every vulnerable and underprivileged child as of now. However, we have built a very effective and scalable system that can save thousands of lives every month.
“Fundraising is done through our app and website where we upload cases verified by Helpster, and donors can donate by choosing a case or leaving the decision to our system. We believe this approach will lead to an improvement in the level of life generally and thus help address the cause of the problem in the first place.
“Good-hearted individuals are urged to help in restoring hopes of these less privileged children by donating on the Helpster app, and become a hero as one hundred percent of the funds directly go to the hospitals for treatment of verified cases while 5-7 percent cater to payment processing fees and currency exchange losses,” Lysykh highlighted.
