Eden, a little girl with cerebral palsy and who loves bananas, was thrilled to see us arrive with her bundle of goods. Her mom share with us the story of this warrior.
Stories
Eating delicious bananas:EDEN
Hi, I hope you are having a good day! My name is Edén and I am 8 years old. I have had Cerebral Palsy since I was born. It is caused by an abnormal development in the brain and generally takes place before being born. Some of the symptoms I suffer from are: exaggerated reflexes, weak or rigid limbs, and involuntary movement. The long term treatments include physiotherapy and other types of treatments, medicines, and sometimes surgery.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been going through very difficult times in my family because my dad lost his job. My daddy and mommy are very worried, since we are not having enough income to cover all the expenses for food, my treatments, which are very expensive by the way, and the other expenses that are necessary for the home. When my mother found out that in Manos que Sanan, they were offering help within the #BasicGoods program, she decided to apply to make it a little easier to help with the situation.
I love living with people, it is one of the things that I like to do the most. I still remember when I saw the people from Manos que Sanan arrive with the fresh produce and groceries, I was very happy. My mother explained that the food had been donated and that many people had helped so that my family and I could receive it. Hearing this, really touched me emotionally.
Her mother’s words:
Eden's mother tells us that she is a very smiling, loving, intelligent girl and that these days of
quarantine she has discovered that she is an extremely understanding child. When she asks for
things like juices, cookies or sweets, her mother explains that due to the lack of work and
money she cannot buy them and she was completely calm and told her that nothing was wrong,
that she could buy it later.