Invisible Vania's tears. 3

This cute boy who has a charming smile is Vanya Voynov. He is the 3-rd child in his family. He is 2 year and a half. He hastened to see this world and was born prematurely. As a result, he endured hemorrhage and resuscitation. When Ivan was 1 year of age, the doctors diagnosed cerebral palsy, spastic tetraparesis. "Does anyone really want to go through that? No, of course not! But it happened". Parents knock at all doors, struggle for their little angel’s full life. Vanya laughs loudly, has fun, but can’t neither sit nor walk by himself. He has weak arms and unruly legs but he tries to do his utmost. Today a few more seconds were added in his unassisted sitting!

And what really makes Ivan’s mother happy is his eye; it changes, becomes clear and full of sense. She repeats tirelessly: "My beloved, my honey, we won’t surrender!", the woman always dreams how her son will not long after learn to run after his brothers, play merrily and live a full life! She believes it will come true as New Year holidays soon come – the time of miracles and magic!

The boy needs to overcome lot of difficulties in his future; there is much work and new achievements ahead. By this time the boy has undertaken 9 rehabilitation courses at Innovo Medical Center in Lviv. Remedial gymnastics, massages, pool classes with a rehabilitation specialist, classes with a speech therapist and neuropsychologist, this seems to be endless ... Vanya is growing up and he needs to develop his capabilities. The scheduled rehabilitation at Innovo Medical Center is ahead. Doctors add development and arm therapy to his classes. Intelligence is fully preserved; the boy is a clever and very cunning.

All he needs is help! The family asks for help in further rehabilitation. It has already done a lot and spent so much efforts that we must not stop now! Family has long been short of money; they are forced to live in a rented apartment, were forced to leave their home due to ATO war forces in Donbas. Among family members, only the child’s father works, who is partly disabled due to traffic accident in January 2019. As a result, he got a spinal compression fracture. We believe that people who have hearts of gold will give a helping shoulder to Ivan! Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Earlier at UBB, we had already raised funds for Ivan. You can view previous projects here.

Name: Ivan Voinov, 11.06.2017

City: Lviv

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, salvage tetraparesis, persistent motor disorders, delayed psycho-speech development