Zwan Family Charity has been raising funds to get Bibi Hawa and Samiullah heart surgeries since 2015. Samiullah had his first surgery as a baby and required a second surgery to complete his treatment. Bibi Hawa suffered from Tetrology of Fallot which is an abnormality comprised of four heart defects. She required surgery to give her the chance of a healthy future. VPS Healthcare (www.vpshealth.com) in the UAE made contact with Zwan Family Charity in March 2016 and offered to sponsor both children and another 8 cardiac surgeries for Zwan Family Charity clients. Bibi and Samiullah travelled to the Narayana Hospital (www.narayanahealth.org) in Bangalore, India, in May 2016 to undergo pre-op assessments and surgery. Both children tolerated the procedures and are now back home in Afghanistan and recovering very well. We will see them in 6 weeks time for their post-op assessment. Thank you to everyone who donated to their campaigns, the money raised paid for their passports, travel, accommodation and living expenses. Without our generous donors, these operations would not have been possible. Bibi Hawa & Samiullah Cardiac Success Story! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Deba & Nageena 2 Qambar Camp Campaign 3 Current Campaigns 4 A Word of Thanks! 5 Our Donors 6 Contact Us! 7 APRIL — JULY 2016 FEATURED STORY Bibi & Samiullah Cardiac Success Story VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 Registered as a 501(c)3 tax exempt charity with EIN: 47-3858255
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Zwan Family Charity has been raising funds to get Bibi Hawa and Samiullah heart surgeries since
2015. Samiullah had his first surgery as a baby and required a second surgery to complete his
treatment. Bibi Hawa suffered from Tetrology of Fallot which is an abnormality comprised of four
heart defects. She required surgery to give her the chance of a healthy future.
VPS Healthcare (www.vpshealth.com) in the UAE made contact with Zwan Family Charity in
March 2016 and offered to sponsor both children and another 8 cardiac surgeries for Zwan Family
Charity clients.
Bibi and Samiullah travelled to the Narayana Hospital (www.narayanahealth.org) in Bangalore,
India, in May 2016 to undergo pre-op assessments and surgery. Both children tolerated the
procedures and are now back home in Afghanistan and recovering very well. We will see them in
6 weeks time for their post-op assessment.
Thank you to everyone who donated to their campaigns, the money raised paid for their
passports, travel, accommodation and living expenses. Without our generous donors, these
operations would not have been possible.
Bibi Hawa & Samiullah
Cardiac Success Story! I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Deba & Nageena 2
Qambar Camp
Campaign
3
Current
Campaigns
4
A Word of
Thanks!
5
Our Donors 6
Contact Us! 7
A P R I L — J U L Y 2 0 1 6
F E A T U R E D
S T O R Y
Bibi & Samiullah
Cardiac Success Story
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 Registered as a 501(c)3 tax exempt
charity with EIN: 47-3858255
Deba & Nageena - The Thalassemia Sisters
Deba & Nageena packed their things, loaded up their family and made the trek to Bangalore to get
under direct care of Dr Lawrence Faulkner from Cure2Children (www.cure2children.org) and his team.
The project is supported by People Tree Hospitals (www.peopletreehospitals.com), the Sankalp India
Foundation (www.sankalpindia.net) and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health
(www.karnataka.gov.in)
Zwan Family Charity representatives recently visited Deba & Nageena in Bangalore, India. Both of the
girls are thriving and have settled into their temporary new home very well. The transplant team is very
happy with how well the girls are responding to their treatment which is preparing them for their bone
marrow transplants.
Nageena is now ready for her bone marrow transplant but we are still short of the funds to pay for it.
We are urgently appealing to raise USD12,000 which includes the transplant, nursing care and medica-
tion. To make donations toward the cost of Nageena’s bone marrow transplant, please visit our
GoFundMe page - https://www.gofundme.com/sx6kh7fk
Mr Qadeer - Our First Colostomy Patient
Mr Qadeer was referred to Westex Medical Solutions by a third
party following a complex bowel operation which resulted in a
colostomy. His family were able to meet some of the costs of his
care but not all and so Mr Qadeer was referred to Zwan Family
Charity.
We provided him with wound care, colostomy supplies and silver
dressing to help his wounds heal. He was eventually moved to
ICRC (www.icrc.org) in Kabul where they were working with
Mr Qadeer to help him start walking again and regain his
independence.
Sadly, Mr Qadeer passed away peacefully in his sleep one evening.
Zwan Family Charity is really going to miss him. There was a
strong bond formed and he was quite the character!
Samir and His New Wheels!!
Samir is about 5 years old and is an orphan at Window of
Hope Orphanage which is partially sponsored by Enabled
Childrens Initiative (www.enabledchildren.org)
Samir is a paraplegic. His past medical history is not
completely clear but we believe he has been afflicted with
Spina Bifida. Samir is an extremely bright child with a
determined personality. Window of Hope have enrolled him
in a school which caters to disabled children.
Because of the many generous donations by Zwan Family
Charity supporters, we have been able to purchase a
wheelchair for Sami so he can gain independence and attend
his school.
A special thank you to Emirates Airline in Houston, Texas,
who did not charge the oversize luggage fee for the
wheelchair when they learned of Samir’s story.
Mustafa’s Story Mustafa is an orphan at Window of Hope Orphanage in Kabul. He has Hydrocephaly (water on the brain) and Cerebral Palsy.
Mustafa has a permanent shunt in his head which helps to drain water off his brain. These shunts need replacing as a child grows or
as the drain becomes clogged or fails. Mustafa had his shunt replaced and soon afterwards, started having trouble swallowing.
Over time, Mustafa lost a tremendous amount of weight. The diligent staff at Window of Hope brought Mustafa multiple times to a
Kabul hospital. Mustafa’s situation worsened. Mustafa was turned away.
The staff brought Mustafa to Westex Medical Solutions in a critical state. He was only skin and bones with a few bed sores. He was
so tired that he could not cry. Westex immediately connected Mustafa to Zwan Family Charity. We found a Pediatrician who was
willing to place an NG tube and start feeding Mustafa directly into his stomach. The doctor visited the orphanage every other day for
almost a month. In time, the tube was removed.
A Zimbabwean nurse by the name of Precious also went out every other day to
care for Mustafa’s bedsores and do some nutrition training. The staff at Window
of Hope are not medically trained and yet are willing to take on the immense task
of keeping these children alive.
Mustafa is still a little thin but he is alive and alert. He enjoys sitting outside in his
chair when the weather is nice and he sometimes sits with the big kids in the
classroom. Mustafa’s care will take a team for the rest of his life but we get to
enjoy him one day at a time.
Jawad is a 26 year old man that has been unemployed for approximately 18 months due to a neck in-
jury and failed surgery. Rosenstock Legal (www.rosenstocklegal.com) learned of Jawad’s situation
and wanted to help. Rosenstock reached out to Zwan Family Charity to help them make this all work.
The entire case was financially sponsored by Rosenstock. Zwan Family Charity was able to connect
them with the Batra Hospital in Delhi (www.batrahospitaldelhi.org) where Jawad had his testing and
imaging done. He was treated and discharged.
Jawad tells us that his neck pain is gone and he is ready to work again.
Jawad
Shabnam
Shabnam is an Afghan teenager who lost her eye during insurgent activity in Logar Province. She
underwent primary surgery in Pakistan. However, her prosthetic eye did not fit well and she had a
chronic infection from poor prosthetic care due to a lack of education.
Friends of Shabnam’s father had collected donations for her care and accommodation in Delhi.
Zwan Family Charity connected Shabnam with Batra Hospital (www.batrahospitaldelhi.org) which
is a charitable trust. The work is very good but the cost is a bit lower than other hospitals which
allows funds to be stretched a little further.
All Shabnam’s medical care, her new eye and her food & accommodation was covered by
donations received from her friends. Zwan Family Charity was able to purchase Shabnam’s round
trip plane ticket for her.
Shahram was 6 months old when he stuck his hands in
boiling water. He has had a few surgeries in Kabul but
the results have been substandard. The contratures have
caused him to lose the ability to hold a pencil so he may
have to leave school soon. This would be such a loss as
he is smart, charasmatic and has the potential to do great
things.
We are raising funds to send him to the Rehabilitation
Center for Children (www.rcfc.in) in Kolkata, India. The
RCFC has a great track record for helping children like
Shahram.
We have been selling jars of honey and organic
lipbalm (www.cocabee.com) locally to raise funds; for
those around the world who wish to make a donation, the
link for Shahram’s GoFundMe page is:
https://www.gofundme.com/8gqs6544
Shahram is a lovely little boy, we appreciate all support
given to help him get his surgery so that he can return to
