by Ellie Pijper | Oct 30, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Last Friday night Hannah, a one year old baby, was hospitalized in a hurry. She was vomiting terribly the whole time. In the hospital an X-ray was made of Hannah’s lungs and she had several examinations. From this examinations Hannah appeared to have acute pneumonia,...
by Ellie Pijper | Oct 23, 2012 | News
Sparrow Foundation is very happy to announce that LS Consultancy decided this month to sponsor Sparrow’s work. They will support Sparrow with a financial contribution for our projects and with their knowledge on organizations. LS Consultancy provides advice and...
by Ellie Pijper | Oct 19, 2012 | News, Scholarship Program
In the Philippines the new school year has begun and we are happy to be able to bring all last year’s sponsor children to school again. A couple of students often skipped school and after several warnings we decided to stop their sponsoring. Because of this we were...
by Ellie Pijper | Oct 10, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Jeffrey is 20 years old and was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. He sat behind his drunken friend on the motorcycle when they were hit at great speed by a car. Both of them did not wear helmets and only wore short trousers and T-shirt’s. His friend died...
by Ellie Pijper | Sep 28, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Lazareto, the neighborhood where Sparrow works, is a slum with a lot of problems. Since poverty is often hopeless a lot of people flee into alcohol. Every moment of the day you can see drunken people in the street, which results in other problems like fighting and...