World Forgotten Children Foundation
Providing Helping Hands to Less Fortunate Children of the World
Vol. 13, No. 2
www.worldforgottenchildren.org
June 2019
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News Highlights
Sad Statistics
According to the Wheelchair Foundation, it is estimated that at least 100 million children, teens and adults worldwide need a wheelchair but cannot afford one.
Source: The Wheelchair Foundation
WFCF Mission
World Forgotten Children Foundation (WFCF) is a private non-profit effort, founded for the sole purpose of supporting projects that promote the health and welfare needs of orphaned children with disabilities in developing countries.
A Child’s Right to Mobility: The Importance of Wheelchairs in Developing Countries
Whether mobility is considered a privilege or a right, some people don’t even have the chance to consider this notion in some parts of the world…

The Bamboo Project: How It is Changing Lives
Desiree White wanted to adopt a child with Down syndrome from China, but was told that they weren’t available for adoption because they are considered “not worthy”. Desiree was determined to change this mindset...

Understanding Spina Bifida and Its Impact on Children in Developing Countries
Imagine a life of unbearable pain where you can’t eat, sleep, walk or even sit. This is the uncomfortable reality for many children in developing countries who suffer from the birth defect known as spina bifida...
 
Worldwide Observances
International Albinism Awareness Day
June 13, 2019
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
July 2019
Disability Awareness Day
July 14, 2019
In This Issue
A Child’s Right to Mobility: The Importance of Wheelchairs in Developing Countries

The Bamboo Project: How It is Changing Lives

Understanding Spina Bifida and Its Impact on Children in Developing Countries
What's New
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Kind Words
“The Imani Project is extremely grateful for the funds given to us by the World Forgotten Children Foundation. With your help, we have created a miracle for these children and their caregivers."

- The Imani Project

Children of Adam “Adam and Eve"
Before you enter the UN building in New York City, you will see the following poem by famous Persian poet Saadi of the 13th century called “Bani Aadam” inscribed on the UN building entrance.
Here is the poem:
The sons of Adam are limbs of each other,

Having been created of
one essence.

When the calamity of time affects one limb

The other limbs cannot remain at rest.

If you have no sympathy for the trouble of others

You are unworthy to
be called by the name
of a human.
Past Stories
Addressing the Issue of Accessibility and Mobility in Developing Countries

No Child Should Have to Struggle to Fall Asleep

War-Torn Countries and the Rising Orphan Crisis

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