A four-year-old girl from Plumstead is hoping to fulfill her dream of being able to walk independently and keep up with her friends.

Rosie Kader was a miracle baby who formed from an empty sac ‘false pregnancy’, and was born prematurely at 31 weeks.

At the age of one Rosie was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy.

This means she finds simple things like balancing, walking or sitting straight difficult due to the high spasticity in her lower limbs.

Rosie lives with her mum Daria in Plumstead and is currently going through intensive physiotherapy to get her strength up, but this alone is very expensive.

Daria has set up a Facebook page called 'Rosie's Legs - A journey to independence', which follows the little girl's journey through the various therapies and groups she is a part of.

It also details what Daria has to fund because Rosie does not always qualify for NHS help.

Daria says Rosie finds it impossible and frustrating to keep up with her friends, and she desperately wants to run, jump, climb, sit straight and dance with her friends.

She said: "Rosie has an amazing personality, very intelligent and sassy.

"She is also wonderfully thoughtful and caring and has the most determined attitude."

Daria has now been working with charity Just4Children to set up a fundraiser to pay for a vital operation for Rosie.

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One of the long-term options for Rosie is to have the selective dorsal rhizotomy, which is a major operation, and involves cutting off the damaged nerves in the lower spine.

However, the surgery isn't available on the NHS, so the fundraiser it to help raise the £100,000 to help Just4Children fund the operation and the intense rehabilitation process.

Just4Children works hard to relieve sickness and preserve good physical and mental health of children and young people under the age of 25 in the UK.

It helps to provide and assist in the provision of services and grants to enable them to obtain medical treatment, therapies and equipment which would not otherwise be available to them.

Friends and family have already raised a staggering £10,000 and are now looking for more help to get Rosie up and walking confidently on her own.

Daria said: "Rosie is a big fan of Peter Rabbit and often opts to be called ‘cotton tail’, she just wants to be able to jump around like him."

Just4Children also helps organise short breaks and holidays for children with families fighting illnesses and disabilities and create dreams for children who are terminally ill.