Baby Blessing's agony in the news.

[Angeliz]

Hi all,
long long time no see.
I don't know if you all read it but an awful story about an 11 month old having both legs broken by Mugabe's thugs.
I'm sure some of you know the whole political situation inside out, i don't but i think it's horrific whats going on.
Something needs to be done to help the whole country but how can i help THIS little boy?
Does anyone know if there is anyway to help?
All i can find when i google is the actual story.

I have been seatching for ways to help
I think medicin sand frontieres are best bet for info/aid but if anyone knows any better ways to aid directly?

sadly I think there is very little anyone can do. Mugabi has been sworn in for another term as president, and the international community are either unable or unwilling to get involved.

One can only hope that now that Mugabi is still in power he will again allow aid agencies back into the country. But tbh he seems not to care that his people are suffering.

I know the Mother has said that she would leave if she could...

I think sadly you'll be hard pressed to help any particular individual out there, Mugabe has stopped aid agencies working out there at the moment, so would be pretty impossible to help

I know this sounds really naive but every day I read something else about Zimbabwe and I'm just getting more and more depressed. The picture of that sad little boy upset me so much. Shouldn't we be lobbying someone somewhere?

pleased to see this thread. was sitting in the garden yesterday and my mum came out with a drink for me. she was horrified to see my face crumple up and i started crying.

i had just seen that on the front of the sunday times. fucking hell -excuse my language- but i have so much emotion in my heart. tonight i saw mugabe in the news and physically shuddered with disgust.

it is so unfair.

I've just seen this tonight, and sat and sobbed. Feel so helpless- and hopeless. Why is this allowed to go on? Hope that the proposed sanctions are the start, but am I being naive in thinking that this will ever be solved?

What what what???? I've missed this story?

Googled for ages yesterday but can't find any way to help this child.

Horrific story. No idea how to help but have you tried calling the Sunday Times? Faint hope but maybe their correspondent might have some notion.

but that one child is just one in thousands. He is just a symbol of what is going on all over that country. Trying to help him will not make it any better for the rest of the people over there.

And how would you help? Bring the child and the parents over here for treatment? Who would pay for it? And what would happen to them once treatment had been given? You would have to send them back to Zimbabwe and then what?

The sentiment to want to help this one child is very noble, but it's really not about this one child, the help has to come from the wider world, and in reality there seems to be very little that can be done.

I sadly don't think that sanctions will make any difference. some countries are nice places to live in, some are not .

true Wannabe - but then you could say the same for Child Sponsorship programmes......why bother sponsoring just one child when there are millions more in the same position.......

I think doing something small for one person, like child sponsorship can make a massive difference -not just talking about this little boy-.

CWE - I agree, I used to sponsor a child, sadly had to stop for the time being as I can't afford it on my benefits.

I agree wannabe as i said in the beginning but helping 1 is better than nothing.
Rang the Times and apparently there have been many calls of people wanting to help so she took our number and said she'd get back to us.