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Dorestan was a mother of five children when her sister passed away. She couldn’t leave her sisters’ 16 year old and two year old on the streets so she took them in. The youngest, Sansara, was already frail and Dorestan had very little she could give the baby. It eventually became apparent that Sansara was not going to live.

When indigenous local leaders in the Village of Hope got news of this situation they stepped in. They were able to bring Dorestan and her family to the Village and quickly admitted Sansara to the local hospital where she was treated for malnutrition. She soon recovered! Dorestan  received nutritional supplements for Sansara and other assistance to help keep her family together and healthy.

This is truly a story of lives changed forever because of the work of Iowans giving for the benefit of others.