Hope for Somayeh and Rana
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I go to bed and wake up thinking of this mother and daughter. I am a single mom of a three-year-old girl and cannot bear to do nothing for this mother and her daughter, so that they may have a better life.
I can't find anything online set up to help them. I plan to contact plastic surgeons and see what can be done, and increase my fundraising goal. This is just the start, and I can't do it alone. Please help me. The story below.
Somayeh and Rana live in Bam, southern Iran. They were attacked with acid by Somayeh’s husband Amir. Somayeh had frequently been beaten and locked up by her husband, and finally found the courage to ask for a divorce. Amir warned her that if she persisted in her attempts to leave him, she would not live out life with the face she had.
One night in June 2011, he poured acid on Somayeh and Rana as they slept. Somayeh’s and Rana’s faces, hands, and, in places, their bodies were severely burned. Somayeh was blinded, and Rana lost one of her eyes. Somayeh’s father sold his land in order to raise money to pay their medical expenses, and fellow villagers have also helped.
See and read more here:
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/observed-portraits/ebrahim-noroozi/
I can't find anything online set up to help them. I plan to contact plastic surgeons and see what can be done, and increase my fundraising goal. This is just the start, and I can't do it alone. Please help me. The story below.
Somayeh and Rana live in Bam, southern Iran. They were attacked with acid by Somayeh’s husband Amir. Somayeh had frequently been beaten and locked up by her husband, and finally found the courage to ask for a divorce. Amir warned her that if she persisted in her attempts to leave him, she would not live out life with the face she had.
One night in June 2011, he poured acid on Somayeh and Rana as they slept. Somayeh’s and Rana’s faces, hands, and, in places, their bodies were severely burned. Somayeh was blinded, and Rana lost one of her eyes. Somayeh’s father sold his land in order to raise money to pay their medical expenses, and fellow villagers have also helped.
See and read more here:
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/observed-portraits/ebrahim-noroozi/
Organizer
Talia Martin
Organizer
Kingston, ON