In the paediatric surgical ward of Aga Khan Hospital Kisumu, eight-year-old Asher Marie walks tentatively in her blue gown, a drill syringe in her hand. Her mother, Jemima Odongo, encourages each step until they reach a nearby seat. For the first time in years, there is hope. Asher is recuperating from a procedure that corrected a condition she had endured for eight years: an umbilical hernia. The condition, which she was born with, left her with a protruding navel, which comes as a result of intestines bulging through a weak abdominal wall. The specialised medical teams performed an impressive 91 surgeries at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) and another 12 at Aga Khan Hospital, totalling 103 life-changing procedures.