You gave hope to Abigael and her mom
When Violet held her baby, Abigael, for the first time, she was surprised to see the split in her daughter’s lip and the gap in the roof of her mouth.
Doctors at the hospital told Violet that Abigael’s cleft lip and palate could be treated – but they didn’t tell her where or how. And when Violet brought her baby home, some people in her community told Violet not to look for treatment because it wouldn’t work.
It didn’t take long for confusion to settle in… for her hope to begin fading.
Without medical care, Abigael had a hard time eating. Milk spilled out of the opening in her mouth. And when visitors came, Violet hid Abigael. She didn’t know what mocking or taunting she and her daughter would face.
Abigael desperately needed surgery to correct her cleft lip and palate.
Violet wanted to protect her baby, but she didn’t know what to do… what was even possible for her little girl.
When Violet’s friend from the community told her about our partner’s outreach clinic, she began to believe that treatment was possible for her daughter.
Thankfully, someone like you gave Abigael a healing hug – the life-changing surgery that corrected the split in her lip. Someone like you covered the cost that was too much for Violet to afford.
Now this beautiful girl can grow healthy and strong.
And after Abigael’s successful surgery, Violet was thrilled. Her hope for her daughter’s future was completely restored!
Violet told us, “I never expected my daughter to be like [other] children, but after surgery I saw that my daughter was like other babies. I’m really grateful.”
Friends likes you gave Abigael the treatment – and hope – she needed.
Because of what you’ve done for Abigael, Violet now loves bringing hope to other moms in her community. She can’t help but tell other parents about the life-changing difference friends like you have made for her and Abigael.
“I speak to other mothers at the clinic. I share Abigael’s story with them to encourage them to have hope, that I too went around looking for help and the hospital was able to help. I refer others to the clinic now so they can get their children help too.”
Without the love and care from a kind Canadian like you, Abigael would have faced malnutrition, mocking from her community, a future with little hope.
Now, because of her healinghugs supporter – someone like you – Abigael has a healthier, more hopeful future ahead of her.
Violet told us, “Abigael is a happy baby now. I’m really grateful that someone did something to help. I’m praying that God continues to bless them. I have no way to repay them, only God can repay.”
Through your healing hug, you’re giving a child like Abigael vital medical care and a teddy bear to comfort them during their healing journey. Whether it’s a child living with cleft lip and palate, painful clubfoot, or blinding cataracts, you are transforming a child’s life through your healing hug.
Thank you!
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