Angel Komenda's Life Long Funding
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Dear People of the World,
My name is Lins Barwick, I am a student studying in my second year at Wake Forest University, and I have a very important story to tell each and every one of you that is willing to listen. Starting on January 15th of 2016 I made my way to Cape Coast, Ghana to fulfill a premedical internship at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. I have become particularly fond of a young, orphaned girl that lives in the hospital, in the paediatrics ward, every single minute of her life. Each and everyone of you knows that the hospital is not the place for a young child to experience the first years of her life. I know that it is my duty to provide this little girl with exactly what she needs to live a healthly and plentiful life as she grows old.
This little girl's name is Angel Komenda, and is believed to be three years old based on a wrist x-ray that was taken when she was brought to the hospital in August by the Ghanaian Police Squadron. Angel Komenda was discovered on a farm on the outskirts of Cape Coast, Ghana after being uncovered by a group of pigs that realized she was laying just beneath the surface of the earth, she had been buried alive by her parents. Angel is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and Sandifer's Syndrome, while suffering from impaired sight and impaired hearing. Cerebral Palsy is considered a nuerological disorder that affects and impairs muscle coordination and motor function, and most often occurs before or at birth. Sandifer's Syndrome is a paediatric medical disorder characterized by gastointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features. Because she has been laying down for the entirety of her life she has difficulty swallowing, is unable to sit up for more than eight minutes at a time, and is unable to hold her head in an upright position. Along with her medical diagnoses, Angel does not have a parent or guardian, and lives in the hospital under care from the staff and faculty that make up the medical team in the pediatrics ward. Now that you know who Angel is and now that you know her story, I will answer your next question: Why, Lins, do you need the money?
I need the money to support Angel, not only tomorrow, not only next week, and not next month, but for the rest of her life. Angel is three years old, which provides the doctors and nurses the ability to care for her in a proficient way for the time being. But when Angel is six, seven, eight, or even twenty-five years old she will be unable to lay in a hospital bed all day and all night. She needs specialized care that provides her with the brain stimulation and muscle stimulation that allows her to develop at the best of her ability. A volunteer from Germany has taken Angel to physical therapy each day for three weeks after recognizing that Angel was supposed to attend physical therapy for the past three months. (She was not taken because of a communication error exemplifying the neccesity that she recieves specialized care.) After three weeks, we have noticed significant improvement in her ability to 'track' movements with her eyes, improvement in her hearing, improvement in her neck musculature, and improvement in her ability to swallow. Angel Komenda has tremendous potential, and I am going to provide her with what she needs. I am working with the social welfare system here in Cape Coast, Ghana to find her a home that provides specialized care for children with disabilities. This specialized care can be expensive, especially if I am forced to move into the privitized orphanage sector here in Ghana. I am in contact with several orphanages around the country, and I am working on her acceptance as we speak. Many of you way ask, what if she isn't accepted?
I have a plan for that already in place. If Angel isn't accepted before I leave Cape Coast, Ghana I will continue working from the United States to find her a placement at a specialized orphanage. During that time Angel will need clothing, food, diapers, and physical therapy equipment that will allow her to start making-up for the lost opportunity of progression she has faced since entering the hospital in August.
I need the funding completed for this project by the time I leave Cape Coast, Ghana on May 9th of 2016. I feel particularly connected to this little girl because I have worked alongside children with disabilities back home in the United States for more than five years, and I have been able to recognize that her ability to thrive to the best of her ability has not been met.
If I am able to raise the money that I have requested for Angel, you and I will both know that we have both changed and saved the life, of a young, orphaned child with both physical and mental disabilities in Cape Coast, Ghana. I will be truly and forever thankful for your consideration and contribution to my project.
Please donate as much as you are willing and as much as you are able in order to provide Angel with the equipment, food, and clothing she needs as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Lins Barwick
My name is Lins Barwick, I am a student studying in my second year at Wake Forest University, and I have a very important story to tell each and every one of you that is willing to listen. Starting on January 15th of 2016 I made my way to Cape Coast, Ghana to fulfill a premedical internship at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. I have become particularly fond of a young, orphaned girl that lives in the hospital, in the paediatrics ward, every single minute of her life. Each and everyone of you knows that the hospital is not the place for a young child to experience the first years of her life. I know that it is my duty to provide this little girl with exactly what she needs to live a healthly and plentiful life as she grows old.
This little girl's name is Angel Komenda, and is believed to be three years old based on a wrist x-ray that was taken when she was brought to the hospital in August by the Ghanaian Police Squadron. Angel Komenda was discovered on a farm on the outskirts of Cape Coast, Ghana after being uncovered by a group of pigs that realized she was laying just beneath the surface of the earth, she had been buried alive by her parents. Angel is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and Sandifer's Syndrome, while suffering from impaired sight and impaired hearing. Cerebral Palsy is considered a nuerological disorder that affects and impairs muscle coordination and motor function, and most often occurs before or at birth. Sandifer's Syndrome is a paediatric medical disorder characterized by gastointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features. Because she has been laying down for the entirety of her life she has difficulty swallowing, is unable to sit up for more than eight minutes at a time, and is unable to hold her head in an upright position. Along with her medical diagnoses, Angel does not have a parent or guardian, and lives in the hospital under care from the staff and faculty that make up the medical team in the pediatrics ward. Now that you know who Angel is and now that you know her story, I will answer your next question: Why, Lins, do you need the money?
I need the money to support Angel, not only tomorrow, not only next week, and not next month, but for the rest of her life. Angel is three years old, which provides the doctors and nurses the ability to care for her in a proficient way for the time being. But when Angel is six, seven, eight, or even twenty-five years old she will be unable to lay in a hospital bed all day and all night. She needs specialized care that provides her with the brain stimulation and muscle stimulation that allows her to develop at the best of her ability. A volunteer from Germany has taken Angel to physical therapy each day for three weeks after recognizing that Angel was supposed to attend physical therapy for the past three months. (She was not taken because of a communication error exemplifying the neccesity that she recieves specialized care.) After three weeks, we have noticed significant improvement in her ability to 'track' movements with her eyes, improvement in her hearing, improvement in her neck musculature, and improvement in her ability to swallow. Angel Komenda has tremendous potential, and I am going to provide her with what she needs. I am working with the social welfare system here in Cape Coast, Ghana to find her a home that provides specialized care for children with disabilities. This specialized care can be expensive, especially if I am forced to move into the privitized orphanage sector here in Ghana. I am in contact with several orphanages around the country, and I am working on her acceptance as we speak. Many of you way ask, what if she isn't accepted?
I have a plan for that already in place. If Angel isn't accepted before I leave Cape Coast, Ghana I will continue working from the United States to find her a placement at a specialized orphanage. During that time Angel will need clothing, food, diapers, and physical therapy equipment that will allow her to start making-up for the lost opportunity of progression she has faced since entering the hospital in August.
I need the funding completed for this project by the time I leave Cape Coast, Ghana on May 9th of 2016. I feel particularly connected to this little girl because I have worked alongside children with disabilities back home in the United States for more than five years, and I have been able to recognize that her ability to thrive to the best of her ability has not been met.
If I am able to raise the money that I have requested for Angel, you and I will both know that we have both changed and saved the life, of a young, orphaned child with both physical and mental disabilities in Cape Coast, Ghana. I will be truly and forever thankful for your consideration and contribution to my project.
Please donate as much as you are willing and as much as you are able in order to provide Angel with the equipment, food, and clothing she needs as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Lins Barwick
Organizer
Lins Barwick
Organizer
Raleigh, NC