[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 didnt
>>>>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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