Good on you for trying!!
Hope someone helps...
-Ben
> The prunebelly site tends to suck me into side projects. One of these,
> a child in the Phillippines who does not seem to have access to
> medical care that could make quite a difference for him, has been
> eating up a fair amount of time -- but as a parent I just can't walk
> away fro the fact that his mother asked me for help. I think I asked
> here for suggestions, and Doug pointed out a website, which answered
> me after a very long delay and referred me to another email address,
> which never got back to me. OK, I work with volunteers a lot, so I
> understand. Still... this is n't helping the kid. So I got on the
> phone and asked an assortment of people in the Albuquerque phone book
> for suggestions. The New Age-ish Center for Peace and Justice was the
> most useless. Well you know, a lot of kids die over there, said the
> twenty-something who answered the phone. Duh. However, this is a
> particular child whose mother asked for my particular help. So I
> soldier on, presenting the problem as one that I knew the person I was
> talking to could not solve, but for which I would very much appreciate
> a suggestion...
>
> Catholic Charities, Salvation Army, United Way all tell me they have
> info on resources for Albuquerque area residents only. Which has to be
> BS, as these are national organizations -- the persons I was talking
> to simply did not choose to make an effort. I was coming to an end to
> the listings under "social" in the phone book, so I tried the Native
> American domestic violence shelter. There was a thoughtful pause and
> the woman on the other end of the line asked if I have tried UNICEF.
> Light bulb. Why no, say I. Good idea. Thank you. Try the Red Cross too,
> she says. And maybe the airlines will help. Then, having listened to
> my problem, she tries me with one of hers, to which, it turns out, I
> am able to provide a partial solution. But I digress.
>
> So while googling around on UNICEF and aid and Philippines I come up
> with a list of the members of some sort of task force on healthcare in
> the Philippines, with email addresses. Shrug. I send them each an
> email saying again, I know you deal with organizations not individuals,
> but do you have any suggestions for this kid's mother, who is asking
> me for help.
>
> Fully half of those people answered me, including the Australian and
> Japanese Agencies for International Development. With specific
> suggestions and questions.
>
> :) It's nice to know that people will still try to help a sick little
> boy.
>
> By the way, all of these possibilities revolve around getting him to a
> doctor in the Philippines. I know a doctor here who will consult with
> a doctor there, but it is still possibile that we may have to get him
> to the states, so if anyone has any further suggestions on this, my
> ears are wide open. I have not talked to the various airlines yet.
>
> Just thought I would share though; I just found the email from the
> Japanese and it includes phone numbers and everything :)
>
Dana
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