HOW is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the USA, whose staff consists of all volunteers. Its mission is to provide hope and care to neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children in deprived areas of the world with a specific focus on VietNam. Helping Orphans Worldwide, HOW has many wonderful volunteers, this is Milly's Blog she is a dedicated volunteer nurse who is on her second Volunteer Immersion Program (VIP) trip with HOW. Milly has taken it upon herself to educate herself in EB wound care treatment and will be conducting an EB training for the nurses in HCMC while on her VIP trip. Milly has been volunteering with HOW for two years now and is an Angel! Milly is one of our many volunteers who goes above and beyone constantly to help HOW continue our work.
HOW could NOT conduct our work without the support of our amazing donors from Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation, and Transparent Fish Fund! We have been blessed to have been given such generous grant from Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation with the Transparent Fish Fund and especially the hard work of Nancy Nguyen! HOW has no paid staff and this financial assistance is what keeps us going along with our outstanding volunteers who take their time to come on HOW's VIP trips as well as volunteering their time all year long. Please read Milly's blog... It is the morning after my arrival in HCMC and I am looking forward to meeting old friends at the clinic. The doctors that run the clinic work full-time but have dedicated their lives to making a difference to the poorest of the poor. Before and after work they come to the clinic and look after HIV+ patients. They give out antinetrovinol medications, antibiotics or whatever is needed for free! HOW is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the USA, whose staff consists of all volunteers. Its mission is to provide hope and care to neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children in deprived areas of the world with a specific focus on VietNam.
MEET HUY! Huy is 14 years old and has lived with EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa) for his entire life. Huy's mother is as much of a hero as Huy is! She spends between 3 and 5 hours a day Administrating not only EB bathing, blister attention, gentle wrapping and very tenderly wrapping his very painful wounds. The whole our brave little friend is in excruciating pain and does belt out a number of screams, swear words, feelings of frustration, anger and after it’s all done, he apologies, and expresses love, appreciation , gratitude and comfort until the next wound care session. HOW is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the USA, whose staff consists of all volunteers. Its mission is to provide hope and care to neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children in deprived areas of the world with a specific focus on VietNam. WHAT IS EB (EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA) (Names are changed to protect the children and help)
EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa) is a rare genetic skin disease that causes the skin to be so fragile that even the slightest touch will separate the layers of the skin. The skin literally breaks, resulting in painful blisters and open wounds. A mother may never be able to hold her child tightly because the skin would peel off and bleed. Children with EB may never run or play as other children because even the slightest friction will cause them great pain. In developing countries, such as Vietnam, these children have virtually lived an invisible existence. Due to the lack of medical technology and resources, children with EB are sent home without a proper diagnosis or instructions for care. The families, often already living in poverty, are left to fend for themselves and their sick children. |
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