The atmosphere in one-year-old Madiha’s home in Mahim is thick with anxiety. Over the past few months, the infant’s anxious parents have helplessly watched the health of their only child steadily deteriorate Madiha suffers from a life-threatening congenital disorder known as osteopetrosis.

One-year-old Madiha with her mother Shahista. Her father, a tempo driver, earns Rs 7,000 a month and has been unable to raise funds. If the Sheikhs succeed in finding a donor on their own, the medical cost will drop to Rs 20 lakh