Happy Day!

Hola Kristiina,

We are happy to celebrate your birthday today. In different places but similar events took us to wonderful times. We cheer those moments and remind them warmly. Happy birthday Kristiina!

 

Dani is doing good, but his little friend Dani has departed to a different continent. Little Dani will be happy there, and so it is with Dani, although he might not understand it yet.

 

Everything else is good. Dani keeps practicing and visiting doctors regualarly. Soon he will “need knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) to support and stabilize the left leg, which is recommended and will be helpful for his symmetry and weight bearing.” We will be happy to support with it.

 

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THANK YOU

Hola Kristiina,

Some weeks ago I did update the bank account post with the following message:

We are grateful for the support received and will be implementing our project for the next few years.

For the moment we kindly ask to halt donations as the project is sufficiently funded. We will, therefore, concentrate in the implementation phase.

Dani´s health is our utmost desire and focus.

Despite of it, we keep receiving donations from friends and colleagues who want to drop their contribution. It will be certainly added to the project and we are grateful for it. However, we encourage donors with warmth and respect to kindly discontinue deposits.

Now Kristiina, I leave you with Dani´s basketball skills.

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Exercise Day

Hola Kristiina,

Right before our celebration of midsummer-fest, I wanted to share with you Dani’s gorgeous hyperactivity and optimism with Tesfaye.

Sitting on the chair on his own.

Sitting on the chair on his own.

Now, he's grabbing toys.

Now, he’s grabbing toys.

Yeah, you can do it, Dani!

Oh, that's a cool ball!

Oh, that’s a cool ball!

..and that is so much fun!

..and that is so much fun!

Great job!

Ciaooooooo!

Ciaooooooo!

PT IN SILENAT ORPHANAGE

With A Big Help of Our Friends

Hola Kristiina, Easter time has arrived and trees are blooming all around since a few weeks in most parts of Europe, and the “small” rainy season must have started in Ethiopia. I hope the rain does not stop Dani from going out of his ward to enjoy a few moments with his mates in the playground. I am sure he is having the support of some volunteers and they are all playing together, while the little ones hang from his wheel chair and speed circling the football court. That would definitely make Dani’s day. Meanwhile, we keep doing well in Europe, and many more of your and my families, friends, colleagues and ex-colleagues, peers, acquaintances, and even unknown people touched by the project provide support. Among them Jose Luis and Yolanda, Irja, Emilio, Mima, Patricia, Dacio, Rene, Sergio, Amelie, and Julian, Tea and Carmine, Rossana, Ruth Elisabeth, Juliane, Carlos, and Mateo, Sahar, Monica, Matthew, Stina, Tanis, Linda, Päivi, Melanie and family, Giorgia and Veljko, Isabelle, Leila, Vera-Maria, Matthias and Andrea, Giorgio, Eloy, Eija, Liisa, Ville and Outi, Titta, Laura and Markus, De Stefanis International, Hilkka, Tuomo and Sirkka, Hannu and Kali, Terhi, Jaakko, Reima, Arja, Petri and Viljami, Laura, Viivi, Anna and Eva, Laura, WFP colleagues in Copenhagen, Vikke, Tiina and Tatu, Pohjan Veikot, Kaj, Stefan and Mirja, Kulkijat, Pia, familia Sanjurjo, Prof. Hagemann, Maria, Maria, Riitta and Antti, Antti and family, Kaarina and Mick, Teuvo, Tanja, Nadja and Noora, BJ, Sirpa and Sofi, Marie, Rebeca, Carlo and Chiara, Helena and Hannu, Helena and Matti, Anne, Anna-Riitta, Maija and Kimmo, Annukka, Annikki and Veijo, Isabelle, Susanna, Tiina and Timo, YMCA Oulu, Anna ja Petri, Kaisa and family, Yobdar, Hannu and Pirjo, Anna-Kaisa, Kalle and Aapo, Irja and Teuvo, Helinä and Pekka, Riikka and family, Birgitta and Panu, Nathalie and Umberto, Manuel and Regula, Veera, Markku and Soile, cousin Elina and her family, Eeva-Maria and Kimmo, Ullamaija and Kaarle, Inma and Miquel, Pauliina, Atte, Marianne, Henrietta and Klaus, Aira and Seppo, Auli, Risto and families of cousins, Leena, Pentti and families of cousins, Veera, Jessica, Andres and Mercedes, Marta, Rafael, and Mariaana and Veltsu. Pupu, I am learning these days how much the ones who knew you cared, and that makes me happy. IMG_4221