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Peru: A Little Girl's Sacrifice

Written byGabriela García Calderón Orbe
Translated byGabriela García Calderón

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Translation posted 2 May 2013 17:29 GMT

The website Regionlimaaldia.com [es] shares the story [es] of 9-year old Tatiana, who:

[…] didn't hesitate and got her long hair chopped and sold it in order to buy medicines for her mother, who suffers of hypertiroidism that has caused her a tumor located on her neck.

In spite of her sacrifice, Tatiana wasn't able to buy all the necessary medicines, so she asked for help.

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Written byGabriela García Calderón Orbe
Translated byGabriela García Calderón

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