Our long lost cousins

Imagine a relative who thinks sex is like a handshake. Who organises orgies with the neighbours, doesn’t mind if their partner sleeps around, and firmly believes females should be in charge of everything. Imagine there was a whole tribe of these relatives – crazy yes? But definitely a lot of fun.

Bonobo share 98.7% of our DNA, equal to our more famous cousins, chimpanzees. But unlike chimps, we know hardly anything about them.

Lola ya Bonobo is the only bonobo sanctuary in the world. All the bonobos are orphans, their parents killed for the bushmeat trade. At Lola, the bonobos live in a 30 hectare forest, are visited by over 15,000 Congolese school children every year, and will soon be released into the wild.

Follow the lives of our bonobos, and to donate, visit www.friendsofbonobos.org/support.htm


Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Girl with a tumour





Just received this post from Claudine:

'I have had my heart broken by a little seven year old girl called Amazone. Her parents came to me to ask my help. I attach the photos for you to see. How can anyone remain unmoved by her suffering. I did not succeed. I paid for the passage on the only boat that left for Kinshasa, but the Commander refused to let her on board, calling her a 'freak show'. I stormed on board and asked if he was an imbecile - she has a tumour, it's not contagious.

So finally today she left for Kinshasa, where she visited 3 years ago. Her father told me they needed to give her 4 injections, but he could only afford 2. He told me the swelling went down a lot (can you imagine?) I wanted to help more, but who would help me? A doctor? An ambassador? A hope chain?

A number of people I've approached told me I had better things to do, but how awful human suffering is to watch. I am ashamed to look myself in the mirror. These poor people, who lack a few bills in their hands.'

So I know this is hopeless, and asking for a miracle, but does anyone know of a program, or an NGO, or someone who could help? Even to diagnose it. I've written to Duke Hospital, but it's difficult to diagnose something like this from a photo.

I hear sometimes of miracle cases, of children brought to the US to be treated for a horrible disease - does anyone know how this happens?

10 comments:

Brigit said...

I know there are a few charities run by surgeons and oncologists. I'll have a look around.

Brigit said...

This is what I've found so far:

http://www.interplast.org/
http://www.fairaidsociety.org
http://www.childfoundation.com/index.php

Anonymous said...

I came across this from Jezebel and feel so sorry for her. There is some doctors in Florida that have done work on people with similar tumors. (at least from what I can tell, I'm not a doctor) Here's a link to a news story about one of the girls who had a tumor removed by them, she was from Haiti and they gave her a 40% discount and many people donated money to pay for the operation.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/feb/16/all-smiles-remember-dahana-davids-big-facial-tumor/

Brigit said...

They posted this over at the Nexus:
Have you looked into Medecins sans frontieres/ Doctors without borders?
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Gemma said...

I'm not an expert and so wouldn't really know where to start, but when I was looking online I found a link to Facing the World, a charity which has been featured on documentaries/in the press over here in the UK (e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7039954.stm). It was co-founded by the late Martin Kelly, and they look to have helped many children from all over the globe. You can view their website here: http://www.facingtheworld.net

Andréa N. said...

I'm sorry for the little girl and her family. I wish I could do something. I know how you feel.

clairz said...

Here is an example of a blog that was set up to help a little Vietnamese boy who was badly mauled by a wild animal: http://www.help-thien-nhan.blogspot.com/. The site also contains links to Kids Without Borders, which may be able to help.

None of us are experts but together we can share information and hopefully come up with a start to a solution for your little girl.

Ruth said...

Hi,
I not sure if this organization could help, maybe they know someone:

http://www.avaaz.org

Best wishes for the little girl.

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