Like the rain before the big tornado the Next Teardrop slowly slips out of Jammy's eyes as we turn our attention to things that make her cry like a baby.
Your probably thinking and saying to yourself it's a "Romantic movie or the smell of the vanilla scented candles she burns as the wind blows fiercely through the windows"
Those babies that lay in neo-natal units struggling to survive struggling for the next breath because thier Mother chose to use DRUGS for her own selfish wants giving no thought to the innocent life she carried inside of her.Those babies that are born HIV postive because Mom turned one more trick quite possibly to buy one more hit.
Were Heather and Wendy and together we're "Spokin for Kids". As certified American Red Cross HIV/AIDS instructors, we we're motivated to take our concern for Pediatric AIDS the extra mile.Or make that miles.
In the United States alone, nearly 1 million babies are born every year hooked on drugs. Many of these babies
will die, yet even the ones that pull through will have to have expensive medical care and will suffer severe emotional and behavioral problems for years.
Here's another that breaks my heart it is estimated that by
the year 2000 as many as 125,000 children in the United States will have been orphaned due to AIDS.
What happens to babies who are HIV positive and have no one to hold them and love them? One organization that is making a difference in Caring for Babies With AIDS (CBA) in Los Angeles, Calif. We need more places like CBA. I'd like to see several such facilities in every community, providing loving, nurturing "homes" to children who have started life with so much to overcome.
Have you ever wondered what the life style and health concerns we're for those babies born addicted to Crack ?If so click Chelsea's picture below to find out the long term effects this drug has
The Association to Benefit Children sees these
painful realities as a call to action on behalf of
this country's most vulnerable, most voiceless, most valuable citizens. OUR CHILDREN !!
Together We Embrace . . .
The Hope for a Cure, the Promise of a Tomorrow
Currently one in every 330 children in the United States develops cancer before the age of nineteen. Moreover, the incidence of cancer among children is increasing. Still relatively little is known about it's causes . Childhood cancer is not a single disease - there are many different types. Compared with adult cancers they tend to have different histologies and occur in different sites of the body
The National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF) is a non-profit organization which supports pediatric cancer treatment and research projects at over 115 of the most prestigious pediatric medical institutions in the U.S., Canada and Australia. This network of 2800 pediatric cancer specialists is called the Children's Cancer Group (CCG).
The National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF)
This is a site about growing up with medical problems...any ole type. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that. These kids have become experts at coping with problems that most of you have never heard of.
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Bandaides & Blackboards
Friends Network
A national activities letter for kids and families living with Cancer
"Uplifting Hearts with Hope and Happiness"
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