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BOES.ORG & Rotary International 7490, Gift of Life Foundation, New Jersey, USA - Internet Lifesaving Action for Jerden Sampang from the Philippines.
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"A light at the end of the tunnel for my daughter"
"After reading your website and the help that you have done to the Montojo family here in the Philippines I felt a little sense of helped that there is light at the end of the tunnel for my daughter".
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Denied US Visa for Lifesaving Surgery, girl aged 2, Dec 2001. Her father died last year.
Jerden Sampangs father died of Congestive Heart Failure due to Rheumatic Heart Disease. One year later Eden writes, telling us how thankful she is because her daughter is still alive.
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U.S. Embassy says: "Better prepared for their applications"
"Our aim is not to deprive a child of needed treatment, but, in all medical cases, we have to be sure that the treatment is paid for and provided without the need for public assistance in the US.".
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Right now arrived to the U.S. for her Lifesaving Surgery, Jerden aged 2.
Jerden Sampangs father died of Congestive Heart Failure due to Rheumatic Heart Disease. One year later Eden writes, telling us how thankful she is because her daughter is still alive.
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Dans toutes les décisions qui concernent les enfants.
Dans toutes les décisions qui concernent les enfants, qu'elles soient le fait des institutions publiques ou privées de protection sociale, des tribunaux, des autorités administratives ou des organes législatifs, l'intérênt supérieur de l'enfant doit être une considération primordiale.
A/ Ongoing Internet Lifelines 2002
A/ Life line Index for Jerden Sampang aged 2, 2002
B/ Searching for external Action 2002
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Incoming e-mail. A cry for help.
Good Day! I am Eden A Sampang, 31 years old, a widow
with a one and a half year old daughter named JERDEN
SAMPANG. Jerden is suffering from ATRIAL SEPTAL
DEFECT with Pulmonary Hypertension. She has been
taking Lanoxin Syrup, Dilzem and Dichlotride tablets.
I have been accompanying her for her monthly check-up
in Manila where her Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Juliet
Balderas of the Philippine Heart Center advised me on
one occassion that my daugther needed to be operated
at the age of two.
My husband died recently of Congestive Heart Failure due to Rheumatic Heart Disease, Nomveber 2, 2000.
He was operated in 1984 at the age of 11 for Mitral
Valve Replacement and was advised to undergo a second
operation in 1997 and again in 1999. Because of
financial constraint, we were not able to finance the
said operation which resulted in his early demise.
I am worried and afraid that Jerden might suffer the
same fate as her father. I am doing everything I can
to prevent this from happening that is why I tried
searching the internet for kind hearted individuals or
institutions who can help me with my daughter's
predicament. The cost of the operation is more or
less Php300,000.00 which made me go weak to the knees.
My only source of income is the salary I receive
working as a government employee here in Olongapo City
Philippines but most of it is spent in sustaining the
medicine and monthly check up of my daughter. Being
among the millions who barely make ends meet, health
care and delicate surgery is a privilege enjoyed only
by the well to do here in the Philippines.
I have e-mailed a number of foundations asking for anybody
that could provide medical help and assistance but
most just asked for requirements and have turned me
down. That is why I turned to your website for
assistance and help.
After reading your website and the help that you have done to the Montojo family here in the Philippines I felt a little sense of helped that there is light at the end of the tunnel for my daughter.
Please be an angel of mercy to my daughter. I have
not yet recovered from the loss of my husband and I
don't want to entertain the idea of losing again
another loved one, hence I turn to you for help. She
is a bundle of joy I do not want to lose. Please
acknowledge my request, complete medical history of
Jerden will follow.
Bless you for your kind help
and God Speed!
Sincerely yours,
Eden A. Sampang
Olongapo City, Philippines
BOES.ORG & Rotary, Gift of Life Foundation, New Jersey, USA - Internet Lifesaving Action for Jerden Sampang from the Philippines
Jerden's story in leading newspaper in the Philippines, the Philippine
Daily Inquirer, January 2992. Inquirer News Service
Philippines. One and a half year old daughter named Jerden Sampang. The girl is suffering from Atrial Septal Defect with Pulmonary Hypertension.
Jerden Sampang, Index
"There is Light", the mother's letter
Pediatric Echo Report, July 2001, medical doc
Clinical Summary, medical doc
Updates I
Updates II - U.S Embassy
Updates III
Jerden, Photo
Certification, July 2001, medical doc
Recommendation, medical doc
The Philippines.
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