Lebo

Lebo is a young girl in Botswana and is orphaned at the age of six. In her teenage years she contracts abdomen tuberculosis and has a brush with death. While in hospital, Lebo, who for most of her life has felt unwanted and unloved meets Theo, a young man with Niemann-Pick disease and they fall in love. For the first time Lebo feels truly loved. Theo's cheerful personality, despite his health circumstances, becomes her smile and laughter.Lebo's health improves and she is discharged...
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Lebo is a young girl in Botswana and is orphaned at the age of six. In her teenage years she contracts abdomen tuberculosis and has a brush with death. While in hospital, Lebo, who for most of her life has felt unwanted and unloved meets Theo, a young man with Niemann-Pick disease and they fall in love. For the first time Lebo feels truly loved. Theo's cheerful personality, despite his health circumstances, becomes her smile and laughter.Lebo's health improves and she is discharged from the hospital. She finds a home in a shelter for women where builds a family with a group of its residents. Theo's condition, however, gets worse and she struggles to come to terms with the fact he could die soon.