Fight SMA With Surendra

My name is Surendra Kushwaha, and I come from a small village called Jhalon in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. I grew up in a family where life has always been simple. Most of us here earn our living through daily labour, and our monthly income barely reaches ₹10,000–₹12,000, depending on the season. Even with little, I always believed in working hard and living with dignity.

But over the last few years, my health has been slipping away from me, slowly and silently.

I began feeling weakness in my legs. At first, I ignored it, thinking it was due to tiring work. But the weakness grew. Soon, I could not climb even a single stair. If I sat down, I could not stand up again without someone lifting me. My walk became unsteady. My bones and joints hurt constantly. Today, even moving inside my home feels like a struggle.

Doctors suspect Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a condition that causes muscle weakening and disability that worsens with time. To make things even harder, my younger brother has also started developing the same symptoms, but neither of us has been diagnosed properly yet because we simply cannot afford the full tests and treatment.

No one else in our village has ever faced anything like this.

People work hard here, but illness like this is beyond what our community understands or can support.

As my condition worsened, I lost my job.

The only thing I was proud of, being able to earn and support myself, was taken away from me. Now, I need help even for small daily activities. My independence is slipping away piece by piece.

Treatment for SMA requires medical evaluations, physiotherapy, mobility support, and ongoing care. Some costs run in thousands every month, and further diagnosis and treatment may go into lakhs, amounts completely impossible for a family like ours. With no savings, no insurance, and no steady income anymore, I have no way to access the care I desperately need.

I am not asking out of weakness. I am asking because I still have hope.

Your support, even the smallest contribution, can help me get the tests, therapy, equipment, and medical care that can slow down this disease and give me a chance to rebuild my life.

But today, I am humbly reaching out with only one request:

Please help me survive this illness.

Please help me stand on my own again.

Please give me a chance to live the life I am fighting for.