Nataliia Continues Rehabilitation Treatment in Slovenia
Past April, 1,275 Slovenes helped raise funds through the Lend Your Leg campaign for 12-year-old Nataliia, a victim of armed conflict in Ukraine, where she sustained serious injuries and lost a leg. Due to children’s rapid growth and physical changes, their rehabilitation requires a comprehensive and sustainable approach, where prosthetics have to be fitted and changed regularly. Thus, the funds enabled Nataliia to arrive to Slovenia for the third year in a row, where she received a comprehensive rehabilitation treatment at the University Rehabilitation Institute – URI Soča between 2 and 22 July 2017.
Nataliia received a new leg prosthesis and continued with her active sport engagement as well as the development of her artistic talents. At the same time her second prosthesis, which is meant to be used in water, was refurbished in order that it can be used for an additional year.
To mark 4 April, the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Slovenians rolled-up their pant legs and thus expressed solidarity with mine victims and advocated for humanitarian mine action. For every rolled-up pant leg Ireland and Krka d.d., Novo mesto, contributed 1 euro towards Nataliia’s rehabilitation.
In addition to donors of the campaign, her treatment is supported by Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, POS Izobraževanje in Svetovanje, Lantern Projects INC and Rotaract Club Ljubljana Feniks.
To continue with the comprehensive and sustainable approach to rehabilitation, Nataliia is set to return to Slovenia for the fourth phase in 2018.
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Aprila je 1.275 Slovencev z vihanjem hlačnic v kampanji Posodi svojo nogo pomagalo zbirati sredstva za 12-letno Nataliio, žrtev oboroženega spopada v Ukrajini, kjer je v svojem mestu utrpela hude poškodbe in izgubila nogo. Zaradi hitre rasti in fizičnih sprememb zdravstvena rehabilitacija otrok zahteva celosten in trajnosten pristop, ki omogoča redno menjavo in prilagoditve protez. Zbrana sredstva so Natalii tako omogočila, da je med 2. in 22. julijem 2017 že tretje leto zapored prispela v Slovenijo na nadaljnje celostno zdravljenje na URI Soča.
Nataliia je prejela novo nožno protezo in nadaljevala s svojim aktivnim športnim udejstvovanjem ter razvijanjem umetniškega talenta. Hkrati je bila njena kopalna proteza prilagojena in jo bo lahko uporabljana še dodatno leto.
Z namenom obeležitve 4. aprila, mednarodnega dneva ozaveščanja o nevarnosti min, so Slovenci zavihali hlačnice in tako izrazili solidarnost z žrtvami min ter ozaveščali o humanitarni protiminski dejavnosti. Za vsako zavihano hlačnico sta Irska in Krka d.d., Novo mesto, prispevali 1 evro za Nataliino rehabilitacijo.
Poleg donatorjev kampanje so njeno zdravljenje podprli tudi Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije, POS Izobraževanje in Svetovanje, Lantern Projects INC in Rotaract Club Ljubljana Feniks.
Z namenom nadaljevanja trajnostnega in celostnega pristopa k rehabilitaciji, se bo Natalija v letu 2018 vrnila v Slovenijo na četrto fazo rehabilitacije.