“My mommy has always taken care of me and I want to take care of her.”
An 11-year-old girl has created a lemonade stand to try and raise money for her mum’s transplant surgeries.
Nemiah Martinez, from New Mexico in the United States, is selling the summery beverage for €1.26 ($1.50) in an effort to help her mum, who is in need of a kidney and pancreas transplant.
According to ABC News, she has been selling three flavours of the drink out of her garage every Saturday.
She explained on her GoFundMe page that she had been hoping to raise €540 ($650) to try and send her mum to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
She added:
“My mommy has always taken care of me and I want to take care of her.
“I have been able to raise $210.50 from my lemonade stand and I am so happy.
“I see how much my mom is struggling and all I want to do is help her, if you see me around town, I hope that you stop by.”
However, her story soon went viral – and donations for the mother-daughter duo began to flood in, with many people commenting on how heartbreaking it was.
At the time of writing, she has raised €3,219 ($3,841) through her GoFundMe.
