F ID I C H A RI T Y One young patient waits cheerfully for their operation Your help will save a young childs life. Every cent goes to surgical procedures performed by Operation Smile Honduras ANNA BELENS SURGICAL JOURNEY One of the children operated on exclusively thanks to FIDI donations was Anna Belen, aged four. She lives in Choluteca in southern Honduras, far from the San Pedro Sula hospital. Her mother had taken Anna to two previous missions but, unfortunately, because of the childs poor health, she was not t enought to undergo an operation. This time, her mother was determined that her daughter would be treated and together they travelled eight hours to reach the hospital the day before the surgical evaluations started. The pair even slept in the hospital car park to be sure that Anna would be one of the rst to be examined. This time she was selected and was one of the rst to receive surgery. The operation was a great success. Thank you to everyone who donated during the FIDI OSH charity project, you have helped to make this young mothers dream come true by enabling her daughter to lead a normal, healthy life. NEW YEAR REQUEST Despite your fabulous fundraising eorts to date, FIDI still needs to raise a further 38,000 to fund surgery for 100 more impoverished children who might not live without our help. We are just a few short weeks away from the projects end, which will coincide with the FIDI Conference in March 2019. If you would like to make a donation, please email charity@di.org for banking details, or you can donate via GoFundMe at www.gofundme.com/ FIDI-Operation-Smile-Honduras-Fundraiser. Your help will save a young childs life. Every cent goes to surgical procedures performed by Operation Smile Honduras. On behalf of the FIDI Charity Committee, thank you for your generosity. 50 CHILDREN TREATED THANKS TO YOU In November, 97 children were selected for surgery. During this mission, FIDI donations funded surgical procedures for 50 children listed below: Infants under one year Jose, Pablo, Rosibel, Sergio, Matias, Josue, Alex, Jordan, Lidia, Angel, Marco. Brayan, Alexandra, Angel, Liam, Fernando, Brandon, Steve, Maylin, Yahir, Brandon Infants aged two Yair, Luis, Cesia, Helen, Kimberly, Mavi, Camila, Karen, Maycol, Hannah Three- to six-year-olds Valeria, Alisson, Carlos, Ashley, Anna, David, Kristen, Olman, Brayan, Bryhana Seven-12 year olds Edwin, Dorixa, Christoper S, Kevin, Ruth, Tatiana, Cristoper C, Karol, Oscar 20 FF289FebMar19 pp18-21 Charity.indd 20 WWW. F I D I . OR G 23/01/2019 16:28