Showing posts with label Please help Aurela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Please help Aurela. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Aurela's little brother

This post was published on Aurela's WLV-Blog on the 20th of January 2015 in German:
Aurela's little brother
Aurela's newborn little brother

"It happened this morning at 9am: Aurela's little brother was born! We had announced a sibling for Aurela before but unfortunately she was stillborn. So this time we didn't say much in advance. The boy weighs 4000 grams and still waits for his name. The birth was quite exhausting for the rather small Kosovare. She lost a lot of blood and is not well yet. We cross fingers that she'll be better soon. 
And we want him to grow up well. With the support of his "big" sister Aurela. One more reason to fight against her leukemia!"

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

In Spite of Good News for Aurela ~ The Clock is Ticking!

This post was first published in German on the WLV-Blog on 11th January 2015:

In spite of encouraging blood test results, Aurela is not healed yet. Far from it. Only a bone marrow or
Aurela Haliti
Aurela with inflammation
of the middle ear
stem cell transplantation can heal her. She just gained a little time. 
She is ill again even though there has been relief that she felt better just before the New Year.
This time it is not only a sore throat, but an earache as well. She is exhausted and does not want to eat either. 
The attending doctor in Pristina told her parents again that real healing can't be achieved in Kosovo (there are no bone marrow transplantations possible) and that her living conditions are not ideal either: there is mold in their house. 
But her family can't change that ~ there is no money for a major renovation neither do her parents have the money for an operation in another country. But if nothing changes it is pretty likely she won't survive her 5th birthday even though she managed well up to now. 
We ask you to go on donating and sharing her story for her to live healthily and being able to become an adult. Every single Euro counts!  
To do this together is the only way to help her and facilitate a stem cell transplantation. A therapy that is usually paid for by health insurance in western European countries, if a fitting donator is found. But for Aurela there is not even a health insurance. 
Her only chance is the people who together with us fight for her and are of the opinion: Yes ~ even one single child has the right of life and most of all for being saved. Every life is precious and worth to be saved even though it is expensive, and you could save more children with the money. 
That might be the case but no one, REALLY no one should decide who's life is worth saving and who's isn't. 
For her family, Aurela is the most important little person in the world for whom not only missing education, poor circumstances and a full plate is needed but it is about pure survival. On top of that no one seems to be interested in their country as it is no area of crises anymore. 
There are no aid organisations anymore which would care for the medical treatment of children like Aurela. And she is probably not the only child with a fate like this - but who knows exactly as no one looks that way anymore.
We can make a point with saving Aurela! 
For EVERY life, every child is precious and important. 
For the importance of finding an interest in countries, no one cares anymore for. 
For the knowledge that people in these countries are not only poor, they fight with existential needs which seem to be taken for granted in our countries (like for example the care for a child who is ill). 
For in these countries a lot has to and can change ~ with our help! 
We also want to give some attention to our "emergency fund" beside the donations for the stem cell transplantation. 
With "emergency fund/Notfallhilfe", as note to payee you can donate too to give Aurelas parents the chance to pay for doctor's fees and treatment if she gets suddenly ill. Because more than often the means are missing for that.  

Friday, 2 January 2015

Good News for Aurela

This entry was first posted on the WLV-blog on Sunday 28th December 2014 (in German)

She has recieved her last infusion today and she is a lot better already!

Her family is relieved, as any "normal" illness that weakens her immunesystem can make her situation drastically worse which would mean only a prompt stem cell transplantation could save the little girl.

Please keep supporting the fundraising for Aurela!

Aurela with Lolly
Aurela is nearly over
her pneumonia

Aurela receives treatment because of pneumonia

This entry was first posted on the WLV-Blog on Wednesday 24th December (in German).

Aurela got her first infusion against her light pneumonia yesterday. She felt better yesterday and we cross fingers that she will get better soon!

Aurela with infusion
Aurela with infusion

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

News from Aurela ~ 22.12.2014

This post was published first on the WLV blog in German on Mo 22/12/2014:

Unfortunately, she is not feeling well: she caught a cold last week that
Aurela is ill
developed into a light pneumonia. She developed a fever in the last few days and mostly slept and hardly ate. Her parents are worried because of her illness.

That is the reason she had to go to the hospital today and have a scan. She should have stayed there because she needs an infusion every day for the whole week. But there were no space for her that means that her parents have to go to the hospital every day with her which is 6 km away in Gjilan. It's torture for Aurela who is afraid of the needles and then cries a lot.

On top of that, her parents have to go to the hospital in Pristina (45 km away) on Friday to have her general condition of health tested. It can't be done in Gjilan as they are missing material which is necessary for the tests.

Unfortunately, that will be a little more expensive too ~ which is an enormous strain for the family beside their fear that her condition again could deteriorate drastically.

We have decided to create an emergency fund with our free means and what is possible privately to relieve her parents a little. It will be used for medication and treatment in the way it is possible in over there if necessary. We would be very glad if you liked to help! Please contact us via E-Mail.

You can find all the information here on the blog or on the homepage if you like to help Aurela to get healthy in full.

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Winter in Kosovo is cold

This post was published first in German on 14th December 2014 here


In Kosovo, it can get pretty cold as with the continental climate the difference in temperature is much more extreme than in Germany. Ulf Hundeiker experienced this himself when he visited Aurela in March 2013.

However, the reserves of Aurela's family are used up ~ the girl though grows of course and develops splendidly as she responded well to the expensive chemotherapy against her leukemia. 

Her winter clothes from last year do not fit her anymore like with all children. We from WLF have collected used winter clothes as new clothes are unattainable for family Haliti. She must not die of cold as she is supposed to get a stem cell transplantation as soon as possible to get
a full recovery. In fact, thanks to many donators enough clothes came together, and they are all with Aurela now. Many thanks to all donators.  

For donations for a stem cell transplantation that is not possible in Kosovo look at the right side of this blog. 

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

A Pretty Normal Girl?

This post was first published in German here: Ein ganz normales Maedchen?

Even though Aurela suffers from leukemia she is a really tough little girl. 
She loves little computer

Aurela 2014
Aurela in December 2014
games and adores Barbie dolls.

She really enjoys to go by bus with all the school children from her village and would love it if she could go to school herself. However, her parents can’t even afford to send her to kindergarten right now.

Fresh fruit are very important for her health. She likes eating them but of course like other children she also loves sweets especially chocolate figures she can play with.

She most likely needs a stem cell transplantation to survive. However, that is not possible in her home country of Kosovo. Her parents also do not have any health insurance and have to pay for her treatment with their small income and with help from their family.

If you want to help and give her a chance to live and grow up to be a tough young woman, then you can find out how to here:


Monday, 1 December 2014

It goes well for Aurela ~ at least for now

Aurela and her test results
(November 2014)
This post was first published in German on November 12th on World Vision e.V. , and you can read it here.
Today young Aurela has gotten her new test results. Her doctor said that it looked ok for now, so she has all reason to present them proudly! 
But of course her condition can change anytime that is why her parents have to make sure that she is nice and warm at all times and that she eats healthily! 
Her family always worries about her, because she still has to wait for a life-saving stem cell transplantation - we can only come by the huge amount slowly. 
For all those who want to help Aurela can find information here

It's a long time since we heard from little Aurela who suffers from Leukaemia

You can find the original German post here: Lange nichts mehr von der leukaemiekranken kleinen Aurela gehoert

It was quiet around the project for quite some time. There was not a lot to report because we had to wait. The maintenance therapy against the acute myeloid leukemia of now nearly three and a half year-old Aurela from Uglar in Kosovo was stopped and so far her blood test results have been stable.

Exact tests about her actual condition are difficult and expensive - at least for the Haliti's, who have
Little Aurela in hospital
debts already due to Aurelas illness. There is still no health insurance in Kosovo neither is another social security which could help. A puncture of her bone marrow would give more meaningful information and enable a prognosis.

We do everything to make that possible because little Aurela is still not healed - in spite of good blood test results. And the donations are still not enough for a stem cell transplantation with which she could be saved. But we need much more money for that. However, the amount of donations is encouraging.

Monday, 28 April 2014

In our own case: Attempts to defraud at the expense of the weak

This post has been posted on the German Aurela Blog in German on fourth April 2014:
" Again some very clever person tried to sign up for a dating agency with our donations account. 
Of course with another name and this time especially brash. He or she used the nickname of a blogger who helps since a long time with everything in her power to help Aurela. Unfortunately this was not the first attempt to defraud ~ but certainly the most bold. 
We do not have to discuss the moral status of such an action. 
fraud
To use the donation account of a charity which tries to save lives, to help and to do something good in this world, fro signing up at dating agencies, sex- and gamble portals and online shopping businesses is plainly disgusting. And all of us are in agreement of the character of people like that. 
Sad world in which something like this exists... 
But you should know something, you wanna-be fraudsters: 
  1. We SEE it. Always and instantly. And stop a direct debit like this directly. An attempt like this does not give you anything. 
  2. We give the information directly to the provider of the service (who has been defrauded as well) which means the account is closed down at once. Our account number will be noted there. The second time you try, they know as well. 
  3. If you try a second time we tell the police. Attempted fraud is a crime. 
So to all of you who have thought about it ~ DON't DO IT! It is annoying and does not help you at all. 
And think about what you are actually doing here.... 
Your  WorldLifeVision – Team!"

Monday, 24 March 2014

One hundred and eighty six Euro and no Hoeness in the background

This post was originally posted in German on the World Life Vision blog on March 11th a week before my last translation last week. Sorry:
Aurela with  mum and nan
Aurela with mum and nan

"One hundred and eighty six  Euro and a few cent do the tablets cost that Ulf Hundeiker got from the pharmacy. Aurela does need Mercaptopurin again which is part of her maintenance therapy against her acute myelogenous leukaemia. Mostly he pays for it himself even though he does not have a lot himself but this time friends helped out. And those have not a lot either. Not that any of them could defraud millions in tax like former German footballer Uli Hoeness. 

That is a bit unpractical as the stem cell transplantation for Aurela, for which we fundraise, does cost up to 250 000 Euro. And until then expensive medication has to be sent to Kosovo. 

Aurela is now nearly three years old and grown enough to understand a lot of the whole thing. A while ago she asked her aunt: "Has Ulf send the tablets again?" Yes, he has. Even though a lot went topsy turvy this time and at first there was not enough delivered. Like this Aurela has won a little more time. But sometime the effect of the maintenance therapy will stop. Hopefully, Aurela will have new stem cells by then. 

You can help too with a donation to save her life. A little family in Kosovo would be eternally thankful!



Sunday, 16 March 2014

Nearly good news from Aurela

Hardly after the latest tablets were sent to Aurela in Kosovo who suffers from leukemia, pretty good news
Aurela
Aurela on her swing
came back. The maintenance therapy which is meant to stop the return of the acute leukemia can be stopped. Which means her leukemia has stopped for now. Which means for Aurela: Not having to go to the hospital every four weeks for four days, not being stung by needles for injections and not feeling ill for a few days afterwards.

The results do not show any irregularities anymore. There are no degenerated blood cells anymore. Cancer is defeated for now.

Just for now though. Not for forever! Because a little rest still rests in the bone marrow of the nearly three year old girl from Kosovo. That is why hardly anything changes for us: She still needs a stem cell transplantation, which is the only chance to fully heal Aurela! Ulf Hundeiker who initiated the campaign "Please help Aurela" just does not have to send medication to Kosovo on a regular basis.

She will get another thorough examination. That will show how it will go on. If she needs therapy again. Or. Or. Or.

And it also means: A stem cell transplantation costs a fortune. Everybody can help with a donation!

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Aurela is a brave patient

Little Aurela who suffers from leukaemia is not even three years old. She will be in July. But two years ago no one believed she would even get to that age. But luckily she responds (still) well to the maintenance therapy, and that is how she has won a little time to get her lifesaving stem cell transplantation.

But this operation is not possible in Kosovo as there is no health insurance. Until then, she gets maintenance therapy every four weeks for four days which still works well.

Aurela on her swing
Since she is six months old, she gets pricked by doctors and nurses for blood tests and the chemotherapy. But Aurela is a brave girl ~ recently when she was at the doctor for a blood test her mother had to go to the toilet and Aurela stayed with the doctor.

She gave her hand freely to the doctor! Which she told her mother directly and proudly:" Mummy I have done the blood test by myself!"

She does know it is easier this way. She won't get used to it though. She has to suffer a few days from the aftermath of the chemotherapy, but she is back to her old self pretty fast. She does love dancing and singing too much.

Hopefully for a long time to come. Because we still do not have the necessary 250 000 Euro together for her stem cell transplantation. And we will need some time for it. We still do need a lot of money and help!

You can find the original German blog post here: WLV ~ Aurela ist eine tapfere Patientin

Friday, 3 January 2014

create connections ~ save a life

Aurela auf der Schaukel
Aurela on her swing
In the beginning there was a man who was determined to save the life of Aurela, who suffers from leukaemia, with a stem cell transplantation . How ever this could happen. He found World Life Vision and soon joined. He found sympathy. He found rejection. But knot by knot a network of connections of many totally different people began to emerge. 
And this network works a lot in the background of the project. Through connections to many different areas and regions new possibilities arise which might help to save Aurela. Someone knows doctors here; someone knows translators there; someone else knows societies and people with more connections.  
It is easier now to answer questions: Where is the most convenient place to get a stem cell transplantation done? Not only due to costs of doctors but also transport, translators and more.  
Which examinations are needed in advance and how are they organised in a way that they really work?! How can you lower the hurdles to get a visa? After all most visa applications from Kosovo to Germany a declined. 
And last but not least: How do we get the still needed money (please find information about donations on the right side under the "translate" button)? Which organisations and companies could help?

A lot happens in the background. And everybody can help. With donations. Or with spreading the word. Or with useful contacts. Or.....
Because Aurela wants to live! And the place of her birth should not stand her way.

Originally posted in German here: http://wlv-ev.de/blog/verbindungen-schaffen-leben-retten/

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Happy & healing new year to Aurela and all of you!

Hello out there,

there is another storm raging outside our house so it's the best time to wish Aurela, her family, Ulf, WLV and all of you a happy, healing and prosperous 2014!

Just in case you need a wonderful new years resolution ~ here is one for you:

I'll donate money and/or spread the word about Aurela!

Your efforts are much appreciated!


pebbles on the beach


Saturday, 28 December 2013

A kind of Christmas present for Aurela


Aurela mit Teddy auf den Schultern
Aurela  with a teddy
on her shoulders
Not really. Or is it? This time little Aurela will receive Cytarabin, one of the drugs which is used for her monthly maintenance therapy which she will get on January 6th the next time. This gives the two year old suffering from leukaemia time to survive. Time that is used by some people far away from her village of Uglar in Kosovo to enable her to have a life saving stem cell transplantation. 
Schachtel ARA-Cell (Cytarabin)The girl who is usually very cheerful does not know what destructive force, the blood cancer, is working in her little body. She does not know yet why she goes to hospital every four weeks where the staff desperately tries to find a place on her picked all over arms to set an entrance for the infusions necessary for her therapy. 
She runs around and dances again when she has recovered after a few days. However - how long will this last? How long do we have to collect donations and organise a stem cell transplantation for her? The clock is ticking. But the organisation is running. In the background without Aurela knowing about it. A lot happens! 
Of course we still need donations (for more information and donations look here: WLV e.V Aurela )! We have not reached our goal yet. But for now more medication goes on its way to Kosovo which will happen after the Christmas holidays. For Aurela to gain time. Time to live. Hopefully soon for good.  .

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

FAQ: About Aurela and the goals of the campaign

1.: Who is Aurela?

Aurela (born on 29. July 2011) is the first born daughter of Kosovare (*1992, born. Zeqiri) and Flamur (*1991) Haliti. She lives with her parents included in a typical Kosovo-Albanian extended family, whose head of family is grandfather Bajram (*1960) in Uglar (close to Gjilan, south of Prishtinë).
She is the darling of the family (besides the week after the chemotherapy) and a real sunshine. Towards strangers she is a little shy though. The family does everything to heal her. 

2.: Provision

Aurela mit ihren Eltern im Oktober 2012
Aurela with her parents in October 2012
The family lives from raising chicken, which was enough before Aurela fell ill. The resources have been used up though through the huge cost of treatment and it also caused an for the situation in Kosovo enormous amount of debts. 
The problem in Kosovo: There is no health insurance neither any other support. All doctors and dentist appointments and stays in hospitals have to be paid in cash. Some of the medication for Aurela can not be bought in Kosovo and is organised in Germany and send to Kosovo by Ulf Hundeiker a friend of the family.  
The therapy currently costs about 800 Euro per month which is four days in hospital plus 5 Euro per day of treatment to get the nurse actually do her job. Yes that's bribing. 

3.: The Illness

Die leukämiekranke Aurela im Krankenhaus
Aurela who suffers from 
leukaemia in hospital
When Aurela was 5 months old (in January 2012) she got more and more ill as well as more severely. In May the children's hospital in Prishtina diagnosed her with acute myelogeneous leukaemia which could not be treated there. They transported her to Tirana, the capital of Albania, where she arrived more dead than alive. She receives now maintenance therapy every four weeks, after an extremely exhausting first chemotherapy then, which she can tolerate much better. 
Since spring 2013 she again gets treatment in Prishtina after a very strange agreement between the government in Kosovo and Albania which means she can not be treated in Tirana anymore. However the situation there was quite horrible anyway. 
Ulf Hundeiker, a friend of one of Aurela's aunts who also lives in Kosovo, got angry about the unfairness and the obvious hopelessness of her situation, when he heard of Aurelas fate and took action. He was informed by Dr. Bardhyl Abrashi, the children's oncologist at the hospital in Prishtina, that her only chance of healing is a stem cell transplantaion. 

4.: The goal of the campaign

Blutprobe von Aurela für die Stammzellenspendersuche
blood sample of Aurela for the
search for a stem cell donator

Aurela is meant to have a stem cell transplantation. For this we need  80.000 Euro (Moscow, Saint Petersburgh) up to 250.000 Euro (hospitals Germany).
The whole campaign is in line with this goal. The donations are only used for this goal. Not even the maintenance chemotherapy which Aurela needs to survive until she can have an operation is paid by the donations. The maintenance chemotherapy is paid for by Ulf Hundeiker and sometimes friends help as well.

5.: Why especially Aurela?

Aurela in der Klinik in Prishtina
Aurela in hospital in Prishtina
Counter question: Why not? Are other children worth more? Or are they a reason not to help? 
Besides: In industrial nations which still have working health systems and health centres which can actually help, a child has a chance to be treated. A stem cell transplantation is not possible in Kosovo because there is no health insurance and everything has to be paid in cash which many do not have. Because a third of the population lives in poverty. There is no other support. 
We might not be able to save the whole world. But a little piece of it. And that is more than nothing.  

6.: How is Aurela treated currently?

6.1: Constant therapy at home:

6.2: Every four weeks while staying in hospital as transfusion

7.: More information

8.: And who is Ulf Hundeiker?

Ulf Hundeiker, born 1972, never wanted to get used to the cruelty of the world but had so far never started any campaign like this. It somehow happened to him as he says. 
WLV-Mitglied und Projektbetreuer Ulf Hundeiker
WLV-member and project manager Ulf Hundeiker
He used to work as a nurse where he had to do more with cancer than anything else before he had to stop working in 2011 due to health issues. The number of patients whom he offered terminal care are in 3 digit numbers. He has never seen death as an enemy. But in this case he considers this differently. He actually (May 2013) works in a dealers workshop for bike carriers.  
He met Mimoza, Aurela's aunt, via his wife. She speaks German as she spend about 5 years in Switzerland during the Kosovo war. He got his information about the situation in Kosovo as well as about Aurela from her. 
He loves music (metal, renaissance, medieaval, jazz, really everything), films ( he is filming a documentary about the Band PORTER (link in German) from Witten, Germany and their new album), photography and literature. He is not usually spontaneous but his life does not care for this currently. And he can be very insistent if he wants to achieve something.

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

FAQ: Donations and what they are for

1.: What is the money used for?

The donations are for a stem cell transplantation for Aurela Haliti to save her life this way. The treatment cost which have to be paid in cash are up to 250 000 Euro depending on the country the operation will happen in. 
The journey to Kosovo and everything that was connected with it and the (very expensive) medication for her actual therapy is NOT paid with this money. Ulf Hundeiker does NOT have a holiday there and he can NOT touch this money. He pays and paid for the journey and the medication out of his own pockets. Not that he can really afford this. Sometimes though friends help. 
Blutprobe von Aurela für die Stammzellenspendersuche
blood sample for the search for
stem cell donor for Aurela
Even the search for the "genetic twin" the possible donor of stem cells is not paid from this money. The HLA-tissue typing for Aurela is taken care of by the Stefan-Morsch-Stiftung.

2.: Doesn't the health insurance pay for all this?

There is no health insurance in Kosovo. Everything has to be paid in cash. A few insights into the situation of Kosovo: 

3.:What happens if the money can not be used for Aurela or there is more money?

The money will go with 2/3 to the Stefan-Morsch-Stiftung and 1/3 to the DKMS if there will be more donations or, but we hope this won't happen, Aurela has no chance of survival. 

4.: Is all this respectable?

Filmklappe für das Aurela-Video
clapper board for Aurela video
To doubt the respectability is very in vogue. WorldLifeVision e.V. (link is in German) is a non-profit organisation and the donations are tax deductible (in Germany I am not sure how this works elsewhere) and how the money is used has to be accounted for. This means it is so to say officially respectable.  
Donations ONLY go to this account
World Life Vision e. V. (Gemeinnützig)
Note to payee/ project number : WLV2012-1002
Account: 4740084
Bank code: 83065410
Deutsche Skatbank

For payments from other countries than Germany please use

BIC GENODEF1ALT
IBAN DE68 83065410 0004740084

or to the Paypal-buttons on OUR pages.
If anyone gives you any account other than these it is very likely that he or she wants the money for themselves and it won't help Aurela. Which means: FRAUD! 
If you are still in doubt please contact the Stefan-Morsch-Stiftung and ask Mrs Morsch about Ulf Hundeiker. 

5.: Could you not save more children with less serious illnesses with this money?

Reisepass mit Stempeln des Kosovo
passport with stamps from Kosovo
A lot is possible. But if you ask those, who ask this question, what they are actually doing for all those many children they usually have nothing to say. 
Question: Can you measure a life on the amount of money it needs to be saved? The more expensive the less right to be treated? This kind of measurement is not only wrong but also deeply unethical. Of course you are free to give money to someone or something else if you think like that. But we think this question is just plainly wrong.

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Aurela inbetween chemotherapies

Aurela, who is now two and a half years old, is actually quite a normal child inbetween chemotherapies which she gets every four weeks. She talks constantly and her vocabulary grows daily.
Aurela auf der Schaukel
Aurela on a swing
She laughs a lot and dances happily to music when she has recovered from those four exhausting days in the children's hospital in the capital Prishtina. She switches on the tv herself if necessary and even finds the music channel! 
She also loves to talk on the phone preferably with Mimoza, Ulf's German speaking contact person in Kosovo. Really a quite normal, cheerful child -

if there would not be the leukaemia for which she gets treated since two years which is actually nearly all her short life. Right now it is ok with her after she just about cheated death two years ago.  
But the only real chance to heal the leukaemia fully is a stem cell transplantation. This can not be done in Kosovo especially as it is extraordinarily expensive: In Germany for example such an operation would cost up to 250.000 Euro!
Even the running treatment is not easy to ensure. Some medication is not available in Kosovo. These are bought by Ulf Hundeiker the project "manager" in Germany and he organises their transport to Kosovo as well. But the rest needs paying too and that has to be in cash as there is no health insurance in this still destroyed country. 
The Haliti's, her family, is highly in debt because of that but there is nothing too hard to bear for them for little Aurela. But to raise a quarter of a million is absolutely not possible. That is why we fundraise. For that Aurela can laugh happily when she will be grown up.

IF.

Project information
Donations
Film about Aurela (Please enable subtitles for English translation)

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Press release 18.11.2013: New medication for Aurela ~ Dosages increased

This entry was first published in German on the World Life Vision e.V. Blog by Ulf Hundeiker

"Ulf Hundeiker is just back from Düsseldorf where he posted medication for nearly 190 Euro to Prishtina.
Aurelas Medikamente (Mercaptopurin)
Aurelas medication (Mercaptopurin)
photo credit: Ulf Hundeiker
The little Balkan country is still on its knees even 14 years after the official end of the war in Kosovo and five years after Germany and the UK amongst others have recognised the country. No real welfare system exists nor is a health insurance available.  
“The latter is a big problem - in this case for Aurela!" says Ulf Hundeiker. Because the by now 2 year old girl from Kosovo suffers from leukaemia. And only a stem cell transplantation can heal the girl fully. "I fundraise since a while on the account of the non-profit organisation World Life Vision as the transplantation would cost up to 250.000 Euro and Aurela's parents are, like most people in Kosovo, not rich." as the 41 year- old from Muenster, Germany says. 
The Haliti family has to raise all funds for her therapy and is because of this already highly in debt. "Some of the drugs for the maintenance chemotherapy is not available in Kosovo. I buy those here mostly out of my own pockets." This time friends have helped him though, as the former nurse who can not work in his profession anymore for health reasons is not rich either. Particularly as the dosage for the just send Mercaptopurin just had to be doubled. Which means double costs: “187,34 Euro for the next three months. The donations are for the stem cell transplantation. I have paid for both journeys to Kosovo and what comes with it myself."
Aurela mit Teddy auf den Schultern
Aurela with a teddy on
her shoulders
photo credit: Ulf Hundeiker
By now there have been donations of more than 17.000 Euro - but the goal - to save Aurela's life, is still far away. All her younng parents Kosovare and Flamur Haliti's hopes lay on him.  
“I won't give up! Every life is worth to fight for it!" 
Info: 

Donations Account:
World Life Vision e. V. (gemeinnützig)
Account Number 4740084
Bank code 830 654 10
Deutsche Skatbank
BIC GENODEF1ALT
IBAN DE68 83065410 0004740084"