93RD CHILD HELPED BY HKIE

This is HKIE's first child that attends the the Melvin Jones School for the handicapped in La Libertad that we were able to help. Dayana will be five on Tuesday... she has two sisters and her Mother, Marjorie, pictured below. Dayana was born severely handicapped and needed leg braces and a brace for her left arm. HKIE was able to have these made and provide for her. She will continue to have therapy and hopefully will be able to walk soon with the aid of the braces and time. After receiving the braces which are inside her shoes, she was delighted with her new pair of zapatos. Her family is very poor and her mother does not work and the government no longer gives the family monthly support since three years ago. The only support that they were receiving was from Marjorie's father who is now disabled himself: he lost a toe to diabetes a few weeks ago. HKIE will continue to monitor the progress of Dayana and her family and will keep you posted. Thank all of the supporters of HKIE who made this little girl and her family extremely happy.
Thanks to the Thomas Engel Foundation for our association with you. We have witnessed your good works and hope that we can contribute to that in Ecuador. Muchas Gracious.