[blindkid] here is email address Fwd: need help

Carol Castellano carol_castellano at verizon.net
Sun Feb 17 23:20:27 UTC 2013


Email address for Emilia is EmiliawRN at verizon.net

Accidentally cut it off!  Sorry!

Carol


>Hi Everyone,
>Below is information from a group that brings 
>needed supplies to Sierra Leone for the benefit 
>of blind children there.  If you would like to 
>help, please contact Emilia or the organization directly.
>Carol
>
>Carol Castellano
>President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
>Director of Programs
>National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>973-377-0976
>carol_castellano at verizon.net
>www.blindchildren.org
>www.nfb.org/parents-and-teachers
>
>
>>>At 09:09 PM 1/12/2013, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>My name is Emilia Wawszczyk, I am a nurse 
>>>>volunteer for a nonprofit organization based 
>>>>out of New Jersey.  The organization that I 
>>>>volunteer for ISHI, International Surgical 
>>>>health Initiative, 
>>>><http://www.ISHIglobal.org/>www.ISHIglobal.org 
>>>>, has asked me to work on a project in 
>>>>organizing and obtaining supplies for 
>>>>approximately 85 children ages 3-20 that 
>>>>reside in the village of Kabala, Sierra Leone 
>>>>where we have chosen to go back multiple 
>>>>times now for surgical missions.  Besides 
>>>>performing surgeries on people who cannot 
>>>>afford such surgeries, we believe that it is 
>>>>important for us to also contribute to the 
>>>>community in other ways.  One of those ways 
>>>>is by helping these children who are blind.
>>>>
>>>>The Kabala School for the Blind is more than 
>>>>just a school. It is home to 85 blind and 
>>>>visually handicapped children abandoned by 
>>>>their families. Currently there are about 50 
>>>>boys and 35 girls. The younger children (3+) 
>>>>are taught on site. The older children 
>>>>between 15-20 years of age (33 boys and 25 
>>>>girls) walk about 3 miles to school each day. 
>>>>There are 17 staff members, sighted and blind 
>>>>that teach and help out the students.
>>>>
>>>>The things they need are so basic that we 
>>>>were stunned by their needs.  They didn’t 
>>>>have blankets that they could cover 
>>>>themselves with while they sleep, and here I 
>>>>came home from this mission and found 8 
>>>>blankets in my house for one person, it just 
>>>>made me very ashamed of how wasteful and 
>>>>unnecessary the things we accumulate really are for us.
>>>>
>>>>I was put In charge of the project for the 
>>>>blind to obtain donations and supplies of 
>>>>whatever people could give.  We are mainly 
>>>>looking for things that may make these 
>>>>children more independent: walking 
>>>>sticks.  And educational supplies: books on 
>>>>CD and tape, tape recorders, digital 
>>>>recorders, rechargeable batteries, board 
>>>>games, and outdoor play toys for people who are blind.
>>>>
>>>>Seeing the joy in their faces when we 
>>>>delivered the supplies to them in November, 
>>>>cannot be put into words.  The passion that 
>>>>these children have in their hearts for 
>>>>education and for life is inspiring, despite 
>>>>what little material things they have.  They are truly beautiful souls.
>>>>
>>>>If there is any way that you may be able to 
>>>>help us, we will be forever grateful.  Please 
>>>>know that they truly deserve this
I am 
>>>>looking obviously for monetary donations, 
>>>>supplies, but also for prayers and ideas, and 
>>>>people to friend us on facebook, and 
>>>>recognize that there is a great need out 
>>>>there in the not so far away place
.and each 
>>>>of us can make a contribution and a difference.
>>>>
>>>>With Gratitude, Emilia Wawszczyk: ISHI Volunteer
>>>>



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