Help transform the lives of adults and children with disabilities, like Joylin, living in Papua New Guinea.
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me.” – Matthew 25:403
Your kind and generous heart is having remarkable results in the remote Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Your gift today in support of adults and children with disabilities will be multiplied x5.
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As other babies learn to stand, walk, talk and feed themselves, Joylin barely crawled.
She could not walk or speak or hold things in her hands.
Nor could she see well, squinting in pain under the hot tropical sun.
Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Joylin’s father Dorume thought he could care for Joylin. But he was left in an impossible position. He had to leave Joylin, and his three other children, to find construction work in another village.
He had no choice but to leave Joylin with his extended family. It troubled him deeply to leave her, but he had to find work to provide for his children.
“I worked so I could buy milk and other things for my children, especially Joylin,” he says. “I had to leave her in the care of my relatives.”
Being left by both parents was very traumatic for Joylin.
When Dorume returned to Joylin and the family, he was overjoyed to see his precious daughter, but his joy was short-lived as he realised that she needed more care than he and his family could give. What was he to do?
Sometimes, in times of great need, a ray of sunshine comes shining through. And thankfully for Joylin, her dad, and the family, a ray of sunshine came through in the form of a wonderful woman called Anna – who Dorume asked to become his wife.
In Proverbs 18:22 God says, “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favour from the Lord.” Joylin’s dad was truly blessed to marry Anna.
And Anna had a kind and caring heart.
“When I first saw her,” Anna says of Joylin, “she was so beautiful that I fell in love with her at first sight.”
Anna became Joylin’s loving stepmother and made it her responsibility to help Joylin live life to the full. Even if it seemed impossible, she wanted to see this precious little girl walking and talking like any other child.
Joylin’s new mum cared for her with incredible patience. “The only way we could feed her was to mash sweet potato and spoon feed her.”
Dorume played his part too. Wherever he worked, he always asked around – can anyone help my little girl?
That is how he heard about cbm’s impactful ministry in Papua New Guinea, supported by generous people like you – to help children like Joylin transform their lives.
Thanks to loving kindness like yours, Timothy, a cbm-funded community rehabilitation officer, was sent to meet Joylin.
Under Timothy’s watchful eye and specialist skills, she would need to endure a long and difficult road of rehabilitation.
Joylin learnt to balance! She worked so hard. Her little legs, which had never been used, got stronger day by day.
This is such a joyful outcome – and it’s thanks to generous cbm supporters, like you, who faithfully give to help children on a long and challenging road to overcome barriers to participating in life. Thank you for being willing to help end the cycle of poverty and disability.
Anna and Dorume hope to have Joylin’s spine x-rayed and assessed. And if she can keep improving her speech, there could even be a place for her at a cbm-funded inclusive education school. Equipped with specially trained teachers and equipment, these specialist schools help children with disabilities to gain an education.
For an abandoned, neglected and speechless child to go to school… that is a true miracle of love, care and support.
Please keep helping children, like Joylin, to achieve milestones that family, relatives and neighbours could hardly have believed.
Cerebral palsy is not something Harisa can ever walk away from, but thanks to people like you she can talk, relate and love. You have given her new life and everyone who loves her is very thankful to generous people like you.
The Rohingya people are so resilient, living at the sea’s edge in Bangladesh – with floods and earthquakes on one side, and some of the world’s worst ocean storms on the other, all while fleeing persecution.
The Rohingya refugees have nowhere to call home. They cannot go back. They have no way forward. They live in bewildering camps laid out over sprawling sand dunes, just as Harisa has been trapped in her tiny body, bound by cerebral palsy.
It is a very different life living in a refugee camp. But there is hope, and it’s thanks to generous people like you who help provide quality care and such effective rehabilitation, despite the most difficult living conditions.
Please keep remembering the Rohingya people, like Harisa and her parents, in your prayers and through your generous support. As hard as it is to be a refugee, it is even harder to be a refugee with a disability.
Thank you for giving children like Harisa the specialist care and rehabilitation they need.
With you by their side, children like Harisa can have a far brighter future. This young girl could barely move and could not speak. Now she can talk, show her joy and share her love. Thank you for continuing to show your love, by sending your gift for Rohingya refugees with disabilities today.
Through our Government’s Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Cooperation Programme, your gift will have 5x the impact to transform lives in Papua New Guinea!
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