Liberia-Day 3

Today we went to several hospitals visiting the special needs children that were abandoned there. We also visited the only physiotherapy unit in all of Liberia that is funded by Helping Hands International and JFK. It was very interesting to see that much of the same therapies that we do for our children in the states is also being done for children in Liberia. We also saw them assembling wheel chairs and making prosthesis for those who need them.

Here are some of the wonderful children we met.

This is Joseph. Some of you may remember when we were selling paintings by Emmanuel Alonso to help raise funds for Joseph's heart. His heart has fluid on it. We are finding out that it is a real possibility for him to receive his heart surgery right in Liberia instead of traveling abroad. This will be wonderful news for him and his family. ( we will keep you posted as all that information come together) Currently his medicine costs 100.00 a month!!! Joseph is in the 9th grade and is excelling in school. He desires to be a geologist one day. He has a wonderful spirit about him. Anyone who is interested in helping with his medicine or future surgery should contact us. His family would much appreciate your support for their son.

We also spent much time in other meetings and following up with birth families of some of our friends adopted children. They were very appreciative of the pictures their adoptive families sent for them.So if you are an adoptive family- get your pictures/reports into whom ever it goes to so that these families can see how the children are doing.