Rehabilitation for 7 Burned Children in Peru

Dear Donors,

Thank you so much for your support to finance the rehabilitation of 7 burned children in Peru. One of the children you are supporting is Anita, who is going to tell her story herself (we translated it in English for you though):

Hello, my name is Ana and I am 7 years old. 4 years ago, I was playing in the kitchen and I wanted to see what was on top of the kitchen, so I opened the oven door and hot water fell on my chin and chest, it hurts a lot.  I went to the hospital and I was hospitalized for 2 months Then when I got out of the hospital they took me to Aniquem, there I received my therapies and I met other children who were also burned like me. Now I feel much better but I no longer go into the kitchen to play, I just play with my little brother in another room. When I grow up I would like to be like the doctors to help more children like me. 

Anita is a sweet girl, a bit naughty but very smart, her mother thinks that when she grows up she will be a great doctor and so will we. She now attends school like other children online and is very outgoing, but she is still scared , so she receives psychological therapies and is improving little by little, the work we have done has paid off and we are very proud to see Anita so happy and well.

Thank you again so much for helping Anita and many other children with severe burns in Peru! 

If you have any questions concerning our work or if you would like to visit our rehabilitation center to see our work yourself, just let us know!

We send you our best wishes and hope you have a great day! 

The whole team of ANIQUEM

Dear donors,

Thank you so much for your support to finance the rehabilitation of 7 burned children in Peru. This is just a little way we can say thank you! Without your help we couldn't have gotten to where we are now. In our center we receive a new burned kid every day, and until today we have been able to give integral rehabilitation to more than 4600 children from our whole country.

Today I would like to introduce a brave little boy you are supporting with your donations. His name is Deivi, he’s 5 years old and comes from a poor town in northern Peru. 

In our country it is very common for families living in poverty to cook their food in an artisanal way: assembling a small fire with stones and firewood, on the ground. Deivi was only 3 years old when he didn't realize this; approached the wood-burning stove and pulled the hot pot of soup towards him, which caused severe burns on his face, chest, shoulders and arms.

The first thing his parents did was to pour cold water on the burns - that was very good - and then they took him immediately to the health center of his community, but unfortunately due to the severity of his burns, the doctors recommended his parents to take him to a hospital in Lima, our country’s capital.

Despite the difficult economic situation the family faces, his parents did everything in their power for him to continue the treatment. They arrived at ANIQUEM two days after the accident and he has not stopped receiving treatment for a single day. While mom and little Deivi come every three weeks to receive therapies, dad works very hard every day as a worker of any construction or farm to raise money.

If you would see everything that Deivi has improved in these years, you would be as amazed as I am right now. Your face now has a special and different brightness, as you can see in the photos I am attaching to this email. This little man has received many physical and occupational therapies, psychological treatment to overcome the trauma of the accident; facing all this with courage and the unstoppable support of their parents and our great staff.

I love seeing the before and after life of our patients. It makes me think that everything we do is paid just by seeing them happy and enjoying the life that every child deserves to have.

We are happy to witness how not only the face of our patients changes, but also their families recover their joy again. So we look forward to each check-up so they can tell us how they are doing.

The love that this little one feels for his mother is so great that we choose his photo for our greeting for Mother's Day in our social networks. On behalf of him, his mother and all our patients, I want to thank you again for your help and what that means for our organization.

Thank you again for all your support. We’re really blessed to count on you!!!