I recently learned that one of the many children I know in Spitak is seriously ill and needs a kidney transplant, but the family lacks the money for the operation. Not just any kid, but one that is very dear to me. Vardan is one of the brightest kids I have met here. I have known him for the last four years, talking a lot every time I came to Armenia and when I was not we kept in touch through email, he was always a faithful writer, but then: Vardan loves writing and as long as I have known him he wanted to become a journalist. I hope he gets the chance to be one....
Yesterday I saw this article about him on the website of A1+ (www.a1plus.am).
FAMILY FROM CALAMITY ZONE ASKING FOR HELP
The fate of the 15-year-old Vardan Ghoukasyan cannot but touch people’s hearts. The family of Ghoukasyans who have seen the terrors of the earthquake can lose their last child. He needs urgent operation. Only 5000 dollars are missing to start it. “A1+” has started an action to save this boy. In the Spitak branch of ArmEconomBank accounts have been opened - 163178150153 for USD, 163178150161 for EURO and 163178150179 for AMD. Many of our compatriots have already responded to the call to help Vardan. But the necessary sum has not been collected. We think that by joint effort we can soothe the pain of the family from Spitak and save Vardan. We thank all those who were not indifferent to the pain of the family from the calamity zone.
The boy in the picture is one of the many children born in post-earthquake Spitak to soothe the pain after the earthquake. 15-year-old Vardan Ghukasyan knows his elder brother who died in the disastrous earthquake of December 7, 1988, at the age of 14, only by photos.
Vardan grew up with his other brother, but this did not last long either. The other elder brother went to serve in the army and three months before coming on May 18, 1998 was killed in Karabakh by Azeris. From the three sons only one remained in the Ghukasyan family.
After a recent investigation the doctors learned that the boy has the illness called “glomerulonephritis”, and the family learned that soon they will lose their last child. The two kidneys of the child are quickly losing the ability to perform their function. Living in temporary houses in the calamity zone greatly hastened the development of the illness.
Today the doctors do not have any means to cure the child. The only way to save him is to transplant a kidney. The operation is to be made in the «Arabkir» medical center, and the donor has been already found. It will be the father of the child. The Ghukasyans living in the calamity zone do not have the money necessary for the operation, and the doctors claim that the child must be saved within the coming months.
For his age, 15-year-old Vardan Ghoukasyan has great plans for future. Sending his articles to different newspapers in Spitak and participating in a competition he has already won a computer. Although it is an old one, Vardan is sure that it is the «instrument» of his future, as the future journalist needs equipment.
We call everyone and ask everyone to help the calamity zone one more time and to save the life of the child symbolizing hope with his birth after the disaster.
For information you can call (0255) 2-20-65 in Spitak, or 58-54-27 to «A1+», and write to info@a1plus.am.
Yesterday I saw this article about him on the website of A1+ (www.a1plus.am).
FAMILY FROM CALAMITY ZONE ASKING FOR HELP
The fate of the 15-year-old Vardan Ghoukasyan cannot but touch people’s hearts. The family of Ghoukasyans who have seen the terrors of the earthquake can lose their last child. He needs urgent operation. Only 5000 dollars are missing to start it. “A1+” has started an action to save this boy. In the Spitak branch of ArmEconomBank accounts have been opened - 163178150153 for USD, 163178150161 for EURO and 163178150179 for AMD. Many of our compatriots have already responded to the call to help Vardan. But the necessary sum has not been collected. We think that by joint effort we can soothe the pain of the family from Spitak and save Vardan. We thank all those who were not indifferent to the pain of the family from the calamity zone.
The boy in the picture is one of the many children born in post-earthquake Spitak to soothe the pain after the earthquake. 15-year-old Vardan Ghukasyan knows his elder brother who died in the disastrous earthquake of December 7, 1988, at the age of 14, only by photos.
Vardan grew up with his other brother, but this did not last long either. The other elder brother went to serve in the army and three months before coming on May 18, 1998 was killed in Karabakh by Azeris. From the three sons only one remained in the Ghukasyan family.
After a recent investigation the doctors learned that the boy has the illness called “glomerulonephritis”, and the family learned that soon they will lose their last child. The two kidneys of the child are quickly losing the ability to perform their function. Living in temporary houses in the calamity zone greatly hastened the development of the illness.
Today the doctors do not have any means to cure the child. The only way to save him is to transplant a kidney. The operation is to be made in the «Arabkir» medical center, and the donor has been already found. It will be the father of the child. The Ghukasyans living in the calamity zone do not have the money necessary for the operation, and the doctors claim that the child must be saved within the coming months.
For his age, 15-year-old Vardan Ghoukasyan has great plans for future. Sending his articles to different newspapers in Spitak and participating in a competition he has already won a computer. Although it is an old one, Vardan is sure that it is the «instrument» of his future, as the future journalist needs equipment.
We call everyone and ask everyone to help the calamity zone one more time and to save the life of the child symbolizing hope with his birth after the disaster.
For information you can call (0255) 2-20-65 in Spitak, or 58-54-27 to «A1+», and write to info@a1plus.am.
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