by Remco Pijper | Aug 11, 2011 | Medical Fund, News
Reymundo is a single father with 10 children. Because he has hardly any income, they live in extreme poverty. Because of tuberculosis Reymundo’s lungs are severely damaged. His heart had to work much faster to be able to transport enough oxygen through his body. Due...
by Remco Pijper | Aug 4, 2011 | Medical Fund, News
During Sparrow’s Open Office Juan Paulo’s grandmother asked us to help her grandson. Juan Paulo coughs a lot and produces mucus with blood. The same afternoon we went to a pediatrician with Juan Paulo. We presumed he had tuberculosis, but several tests indicated he...
by Remco Pijper | May 25, 2011 | News, Sponsor
Vilma’s RTW, a clothes shop in Calapan, has donated a large amount of clothes to Sparrow for the children in Lazareto. Lazareto is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Calapan, where children’s clothes often are full of holes. Because of the relationship Sparrow has...
by Remco Pijper | Dec 3, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Sparrow needs your help to raise 300 euro’s within a week, to make it possible for Madeline to have a surgery on December 10th. Madeline is a 52-years old single woman. She lives in Lazareto together with her mother. She used to work as a nanny in Manila and was able...
by Remco Pijper | Dec 1, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Rochelle is 7 years old. The last few months her skin has become a little yellow. She also complained about tiredness and pain. Sparrow brought her to a pediatrician, who did several examinations and a blood test. These showed Rochelle had a worm in her intestines....
