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HEALTH NEWS.BUT FIRST HERE'S
IN HEALTH NEWS - A
DIPLOMATIC PLEA TO HELP SAVE
THE LIVES OF ORPHANS -- CAUGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF POLITICAL
CONFLICT. AN AMBASSADOR
FROM KENYA IS IN CONNECTICUT
-- WORKING WITH A NON-PROFIT
GROUP -- TO ADDRESS THE
GROWING MEDICAL NEEDS OF
ORPHANS -- LIVING IN DIRE
CONDITIONS. NEWS 8 MEDICAL
REPORTER JOCELYN MAMINTA IS
HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP.
SONIA-DARREN -- AID FOR
ORPHANS RELIEF FOUNDATION WAS
FOUNDED BY A HAMDEN DOCTOR.
IT PROVIDES MEDICAL SUPPLIES
FOR THE CHILDREN IN NEED HERE
IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. NOW
THE CRIES FOR HELP FROM
REFUGEE CHILDREN IN KENYA --
ARE BEING HEARD.
EVERY DAY -- PEOPLE LIVING
IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN KENYA ARE
DYING -- MANY ARE CHILDREN.
MOST ESCAPING FROM NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES OF SOMALIA AND SUDAN
- IN THE MIDDLE OF CIVIL
CONFLICT AND DROUGHT
CONDITIONS. "THESE
REFUGEES ARE LOOKING FOR A
SAFE PLACE TO GO TO. THE
KENYAN GOVERNMENT HAS NO
CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE THE
BOUNDARIES OPEN." HER
EXCELLENCY, AMBASSADOR OF
KENYA -- DR. WENWA ODINGA
ORANGA SAYS THE SHEER NUMBERS
ARE OVERWHELMING -- AND THE
PEOPLE OF KENYA ARE DOING WHAT
THEY CAN. "WE HAVE WHAT IS
CALLED KENYANS FOR KENYANS
INITIATIVE SO KENYANS COME UP
AND DONATE FOOD, MATERIALS
ANYTHING FOR THESE REFUGEES
BUT EFFORTS ARE NOT ENOUGH."
HER PLEAS ARE BEING HEARD.
DR. MARGARET CHUSTECKI IS THE
FOUNDER OF THE NON-PROFIT
GROUP IN NEW HAVEN - AID FOR
ORPHANS RELIEF FOUNDATION --
FIRST ORGANIZED TO MEET THE
MEDICAL AND NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
OF ABANDONED CHILDREN IN HER
NATIVE COUNTRY OF POLAND.
"THERE IS REALLY NOBODY TO
TAKE CARE OF THEM, THERE IS NO
GOVERNMENT - THERE IS NOT
ENOUGH FINANCIAL MEANS TO
SUPPORT THEM." NOW THE
DETAILS ARE BEING OUTLINED TO
ADDRESS THE HARDSHIP OF
CHILDREN -- LIVING IN TENTS --
GOING WITHOUT BASIC ESSENTIALS
TO SURVIVE. "CHILDREN,
THEY NEED THE BASIC SUPPORT,
THEY NEED LIKE ALL CHILDREN.
THEY NEED FOOD, THEY NEED TO
HAVE VITAMINS." THE LACK OF
IT - SHE SAYS - HAS LEAD TO UN-
NECESSARY DEATHS. "THERE IS
A LOT OF TREATABLE CONDITIONS
BUT THEY ARE NOT TREATED
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MEANS TO
TREAT THOSE CONDITIONS.
"ITS ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN,
JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE. YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BECOME."
JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE. YOU
IN TWO YEARS -- AID FOR
ORPHANS RELIEF HAS ALSO
EXPANDED TO REACH CHILDREN
LIVING IN APPALACHIA HERE IN
THE U.S. AND IN GHANA. FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU
CAN HELP -- LOG ONTO WTNH
DOT COM AND WE WILL LINK TO
YOU THEIR SITE.