Here is a shot of little Joyce just sent back to me from True North at home in her village in the Louisiades and all well again.
The last time I saw little Joyce she was lying flat on her stomach, she had some ladies looking after her and rubbing coconut milk into her extensive burns and was on constant antibiotics to stop the burns getting infected. She had burns all down her thighs and across her butt and back from a grass skirt that caught fire.
She had already been like that for a couple of months and it took about 7 months to get through the Bureaucratic red tape from both PNG and Aus to get her to Melbourne hospital!! From there it took 5 months to get her well again. That is a huge amount of time for anyone to have to endure pain like that!
A big thanks goes our to one of our regular passengers who used his contacts and resources to pave the way to make this happen…Mr. X!
Also a very big thank you to Brad {one of our Captains} who stayed with this project like a dog with a bone and also to the medical staff who made her well again.
Seeing her smile in this photo and to see that she now has a chance at a normal life, very much makes my day.
Well done to all concerned and I hope this little story will put a smile on the faces of my blogging community! :]
How beautiful is that smile eh!!! :}
