The more people I meet, the more I am inspired and excited about Sister Cities of Louisville and the endless possibilities. This past Friday I had the opportunity to talk with Steve Diamond, Executive Director of Healing the Children, Louisville. This is an amazing organization which helps children around the world who require medical help that they otherwise could not receive. They do this through a number of different projects and Sister Cities of Louisville is proud to be involved. Currently three of Louisville's Sister Cities have established relationships with Healing the Children, in fact as we speak Johana Ona, a little 5 year old girl from Quito is preparing to return home as her 5 month stay in Louisville comes to an end. Johana now has a new right ear thanks to donated care from our wonderful medical community and has been fitted with a bone conductivity hearing aid enabling her to hear and speak for the first time. Johana also received some much needed dental work during her stay. We wish Johana a safe trip back home and thank all of those who have been involved in her care. There are also plans to send a team of doctors and other medical personnel to spend 7-10 days in Quito this Spring to work directly with children in need there.Sister Cities will shortly be adding another city to our relationship with Healing the Children: Tamale, Ghana. We look forward to the projects and aid work that this may lead to, we have already been provided with a list of much needed medical equipment; if you can help please let us know!
If you are interested in helping with any or all of these initiatives please contact us, Louisville is such a giving city - be proud Louisville!
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