Jennifer Stone-Wigg (MBE), born 27th march, 1942, was born in England but have been based in Lugano, Switzerland for over 5o years as well as in Bosnia during the last 25 years. Her focus during the last 25 years, since the war in Bosnia, has been to help those who needs it the most. During that time, she has organised about 50 lorries of goods. Here is a link to her project on www.100-days.net.
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| Jenny helps carrying goods that have arrived from Switzerland with a lorry. |
She has helped schools, such as putting in a water tank, chemistry lab and library. She has supplied schools with about 100 computers. She brought 14 war paraplegics with medical staff to Switzerland for check-ups and a holiday. We invited 24 children with only one parent to Switzerland for a holiday.
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| A family near Sarajevo receiving food packs from Jenny. |
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| A family near Sarajevo receiving food packs from Jenny. |
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| A family near Sarajevo receiving food packs from Jenny. |
We are distributing food packets and supporting about 100 poor and sick children with economic assistance. We also buy sandwiches for children who are unable to afford them in various schools.
Also, local refugee centres have received help from donations through the projects run by Jenny.
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| Blankets, toys and other materials have been delivered from Switzerland and distributed at a refugee camp near Sarajevo. |
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| The material is stored and distributed rapidly as stocks are low and temperatures freezing during the winter in Sarajevo. |
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| There are many children at the refugee camp. The conditions are poor, although services are improving, as shown here during activities. |
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| Jenny with students who are helping her, visiting a family benefitting from her help. |
Recently, she lost one of her main donors (The donor now supports a local project in Italy). Jenny very much wants to complete current project that she has committed to next month.
From this fall, she will be continuing her efforts from her apartment in Lugano, this way she is cutting cost and hope to continue her work. Remember, all money raised goes directly to her project helping children all over Bosnia.
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| The son in this 4 person family is diabetic from he was 9 years old. He lost his sight completely at the age of 25. Before he lost his sight he was a talented artist and craftsman. He used to build wonderful houses from matches and we used to sell them for him in Switzerland and Italy. |
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| He also loves animals and birds in particular. |
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| He has 5 birds and the eggs are collected and serves him well as they are good for his immune system. |
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| He has 5 birds and the eggs are collected and serves him well as they are good for his immune system |
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| The living conditions of this family is not good, but still better than in the past. The mother was abandoned by her husband with three children, a boy of 5, a boy of 4, a boy of 3. Unable to pay the rent, she was thrown out her house. The children were badly beaten by their father and the boy of four cannot see well due to the father beating him on the head early on in his life. |
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| The eldest son has a hair lip and is going to be operated the day after our visit. The children appear "stressed" and hard to manage. |
More to come...
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