It's with great sadness that I am writing this post. To our shock, Patience passed away from Malaria on Tuesday morning of last week. The sweet and goofy personality that Patience brought into the family of FMN kids and caregivers, will be severely missed. She had the most beautiful face and cutest giggle.
Our FMN kids are so vulnerable to every aspect of life in Liberia. Malaria is a huge killer for all kids in Liberia...especially 'special needs' kids. Our program does what it can to prevent this killer, but we are so limited. Please pray that the government will follow through with their word, and allow 'special needs' kids to be adopted. Just being able to get these kids out of the country, away from Malaria infestations, have the access to sufficient medical care and be adopted and loved into their forever family will be a huge step. I'm so tired of watching kids die from such a senseless killer! The death of Patience has given us all the more reason to fight and advocate for the lives of these precious children.
We will miss our beautiful princess, Patience...
Christina Hoffman- Program Coordinator of FMN
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