Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Here's a quick video of Helena doing some exercises.   She will go in to get the casts off in the first week of September, and then, soon, we will go to see some specialists in Dar to get treatment for her Osteogenesis Imperfecta condition-  thanks to Join Hands Tanzania!  Please support them as they get started.

By the way, in the video I say, " Well done." and, "Are you feeling any pain?" to which she answers, "No!"

Monday, August 19, 2013

Pictures too Graphic for Gofundme.com!


Here are some pictures of actual children suffering from OI and Noma.   We are trying to raise money for Join Hands Tanzania to be registered as an NGO in Tanzania.  After establishing a page on gofundme, they took down our pictures because they were too graphic.  Well, here they are.  Sorry, at this time your donation is not tax deductible.  Donate at http://www.gofundme.com/Join-Hands-Tanzania or directly through paypal to daverosser@spu.edu

We understand that they removed the pictures because they are graphic and could be upsetting to look at, but imagine if this were your child and you had very limited resources!  What if you didn't have the choice to look away? What if these faces were looking to you for help? What would you do?