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Dec172010

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A Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea (No, Not a Sweater)

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Your Gift of Healing will help cure children like James and Joseph.

I don’t want to alarm you, but this weekend is your last shopping weekend before Christmas.

For many of us, we have procrastinated.  Now, we are getting desperate.  We are finding we don’t have time to find a thoughtful gift.  We are in danger of giving into the urge to break down and buy the fruit cake, that product you saw on late night TV or, even worse, the dreaded Christmas sweater!

Fear not.  You can still give the Gift of Healing. We told you about it a couple of weeks ago, but we wanted to remind you again.

Here is how it works.  You go here and pick a way to support a child’s healing this Christmas from our online gift catalog.  Then, make a donation in honor of a friend or family member.  You get to also personalize a Christmas card that CURE will send to that special person.

It’s simple, easy and definitely way better than a sweater.

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Dec162010

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Woman Runs a Half Marathon So a Kid One Day Can

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Inna Mocharnaya

There are two kinds of people: people who enjoy getting out of their warm bed at 5 a.m. to run long distances through the morning chill…and the rest of us.

Inna Mocharnaya happens to be one of the former.  She also lives in Seattle.  This has nothing to do with running, but I just think Seattle is the coolest city on the planet.

Inna loves to run and is pretty serious about it.  She recently participated in the Seattle Half Marathon, finishing in 2:09:13.

Just in case you are wondering if you have come across a running blog by mistake, there IS a CURE connection.

When she’s not pounding the pavement, Inna works as a NICU nurse. It was this background in nursing that connected her with the mission of CURE.

“Being in the medical field myself, I am fascinated with what you do for children who have so little and have nowhere else to turn for proper medical care,” she said. “I see babies born with hydrocephalus, cleft lip, clubfeet and other abnormalities as part of my job. Here in the states, surgeries are done, and these conditions are reversed. Afterwards, most of these patients grow up like any other normal child. My heart goes out to those in the developing world where that’s not the case. I have a passion for the work your organization does to transform lives. That’s what got me very interested in running for CURE for my first half marathon!”

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So, Inna got to work training for the race – and telling others about CURE. She dedicated her run to the kids who can’t run now, but will someday because of a surgery at a CURE hospital. Inna also asked others to consider giving contributions to help pay for a surgery.

Those contributions flowed in from Inna’s friends, family and fans. They donated enough to almost completely fund the surgery of a child named Elisa with clubfoot in Malawi.

As I write this, Elisa is scheduled to receive his surgery on February 13, 2011.  Inna said she’s excited to know Elisa will soon be running for the first time.

And you never know, maybe one day Inna will finish a half marathon…running alongside Elisa, whose life she helped change forever.

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Dec152010

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Become a VIP

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Want to become a VIP?  Okay, who doesn’t.

CURE gives you a chance to live your dream as a VIP…as a member of the new CURE VIP Street Team.

Now to be clear, you won’t get a limo or cool sunglasses or insider access to trendy hot spots. But you’ll definitely have an opportunity to be part of a unique team of people serving as CURE’s voice online, helping us share the news of our transforming work throughout the world.

Yes, you say, I want to become a VIP, but how?

Do you…Want to help kids? Have 10 spare minutes a day?  Use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or write a blog?

If your answer to all three questions is, “Yes,” then you qualify as a potential VIP Street Team member!

It is that simple and easy. So don’t delay!   Go here to join the team and start your new life as a CURE VIP Street Team member!

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Dec142010

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A Miracle in Afghanistan

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Baby Zakhura Hanifa

Baby Zakhura (left) with her twin sister, notice the size difference.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been following the story of baby Zakhura Hanifa, a preemie whose life hung in the balance at our hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Just in time for the Christmas season, thanks to our NICU unit, our skilled medical professionals and the prayers of many around the world, we give you this miraculous update from our team in Afghanistan.

As the world pauses to give thanks for a child born more than 2,000 years ago, the hospital staff at CURE International Hospital in Kabul will pause tomorrow morning to give thanks for another very special baby born almost three months ago on September 16, 2010.  Zakhura Hanifa and her twin sister were born prematurely at CURE’s maternity unit. The one twin was born with no complications; however, Zakhura was not so lucky.  She had a congenital blockage of her duodenum.

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Dec102010

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Inspiration from India

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In case our previous post about Marco Mills didn’t inspire you, here’s another one.  This source of inspiration comes from India, and her name is Dr. Iris Devadason.  She’s using her talent for art to help children with clubfoot in India being treated by CURE Clubfoot Worldwide. Read more about it here and here.

I think I’m going to go watch Chariots of Fire or Gandhi or something.

Everyone have a blessed weekend.

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Dec102010

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Read This to Be Inspired

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Before my first cup of coffee even kicked in, I was inspired this morning.

I just read the story of Marco Mills, an 18 year old from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of Britain.

Next spring, he plans to ride a motorcycle across Africa to benefit CURE International.

You can find out more about him by reading this story here and visiting his Web site.

I want to meet this guy…and do something inspiring as well!  More info on him to follow in the next few months.

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Dec092010

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Johnstone’s New Pathway

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We get a lot of stories from our hospitals. And they are all amazing. How could they not be?  We take kids with twisted limbs and make them whole.

But, once in a while, I get that story that causes me to utter a “Whoa.”

Such was the story of Johnstone, a 25 year old from Kenya. (Many of you probably know we mostly share stories of kids, but this story is a special case!)

Johnstone before his surgery

At left, you can see photos of Johnstone before and after he received treatment at the CURE Kenya hospital.

Take these photos in. We don’t encounter a case like his very often.

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Even with the casts, you can tell the difference.

Although I’ve never met him, I can tell after reading his story that he has a great sense of humor, something that I think he probably needed to sustain him through the many difficult years of coping with the challenges of his leg deformity.

At CURE Kenya, like so many others, he experienced spiritual and physical transformation.

After his most recent surgery, Johnstone shared these moving words with the hospital team, “People will no longer laugh at me. My straight legs are moving me [even as] as I move to the right pathway of Jesus Christ.”

He also expressed his deepest appreciation to the CURE hospital for giving him the chance for treatment and for the loving care he received.

Best wishes to Johnstone as he pursues his new pathway in life.

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Dec082010

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Niger’s First Cleft Lip Surgery

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The CURE Niger hospital has performed its first cleft lip surgery!  Here are before and after photos of the patient, 11-month-old Abdoul Naser Adamou.

First cleft lip in Niger Before

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Dec062010

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$200,000 Match for Honduras

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Here’s some awesome news we’d like to share with you. Two families with a heart for our hospital in Honduras have given us an early Christmas gift. They have offered to match every donation we receive toward the Honduras hospital, up to $200,000.  This means every gift given toward this hospital will be doubled.

If we can reach the $200,000 goal, the resulting $400,000 will cover a significant portion of the expenses for the fiscal year at the Honduras hospital. Hundreds of children will receive life-changing surgery for their orthopedic disability. Children like Henry.

To make a donation today (and double its impact!), click on the banner above.

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Dec022010

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CURE Kenya ED Jack Muthui on Disabilities in His Home Country

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CURE Kenya’s executive director, Jack Muthui, shares his thoughts and insights on physical disabilities in his home country of Kenya…

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