Vasoline
Our skin is so important…
it pretty much holds
us all together,
keeping
our inside bits from falling out.
Sometimes, our skin needs
a little tender
love and care…
Vaseline is like a magic formula,
designed to help our skin
through it’s driest, toughest days.
It’s cheap and easy to use.
In Australia,
it’s very easy to buy and,
Vaseline is an insignificant product…
For a little boy in Indonesia,
Vaseline is the most incredibly
amazing
product in his world…
and he needs it
– but cannot buy it.
In a small, remote Balinese
village lives Komang.
He’s four years old.
Komang suffers from an
extremely rare skin condition.
It should have killed
him.
His skin looks as though
it is covered in scales
and he cannot close his
eyelids.
Komang’s rare genetic condition
is known as harlequin ichthyosis.
This disease kills most babies
soon after
they are born.
But Komang…
he’s a fighter.
Enter Helen Flavel…
an Aussie charity worker
who saw Komang.
She took
photos of his skin
and sent them to a dietician,
who diagnosed Komang’s
disease.
Harlequin ichthyosis has no cure…
but the treatment for Komang…
easy…
Vaseline.
The problem…
it’s not sold in Indonesia.
The answer…
Aussies are holidaying in Bali
and bringing jars of Vaseline
with them to Bali.
Tourists are dropping in
at The Bamboo Bar and Grill in Kuta
and
leaving jars of Vaseline
on the counter…
presents for Komang.
Komang’s father, Wayan,
has said how incredible
the change has been,
in
just a few weeks.
Komang’s eyelashes
are now growing and…
now, he can feed himself
with a spoon.
All because of Vaseline…
and the care of a charity worker,
a dietician
and
Vaseline toting Aussies.
(Through HCH –
Helping Children Heal’s facebook
page,
I learned there is another boy…
Gede,
who is also suffering less,
thanks to Vaseline.)
Spread the word!
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