Bella told Mothoa she did not know who to approach about Phalatse's condition. "I abandoned my life, I left my husband, I took my children, packed my bags and came back South Africa," Mothoa said. Mothoa called a hospital and spoke to a geneticist who told her there was no child suffering from progeria in South Africa. The organisation helped form the Ontlametse Phalatse Trust. Phalatse's brother Tshimologo thanked God for Phalatse's life.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 22, 2017 06:11 UTC