Health Care
The first Orphan Ranger (Lydia Stickney) traveled to Russia in 1997 and visited orphanages to discover how children were developing (or not), what the conditions were, and what the most immediate needs were. Dr. Aronson taught Lydia how to measure and weigh children, assess their language development (Lydia speaks fluent Russian) and carefully observe what they ate and how they were fed, their playtimes, their toys and their toilet routines.
Lydia's journals are still the model for all Orphan Rangers and they are the basis for the great body of information that Orphan Rangers have collected from around the world and WWO's pediatric health care is the result of knowing so much about the lives of orphans because we’ve been there and seen it.
WWO volunteer health care providers have scrutinized health records and have immunized children whose vaccines were out of date or overdue or who had never been vaccinated in the first place. We have worked with orphanage staff to ensure that medications are refrigerated, that food is covered, that needles are used only once, and that infants are held to be fed at least twice a day. We encourage staff to make sure that babies get some sunlight since rickets is such a problem and that children be fed at the same time, rather than one after another, which heightens tensions and frustrations in a roomful of hungry youngsters.
In addition to routine check-ups, inoculations, treatment of childhood illnesses and conditions particular to each child and orphanage, and growth and nutrition, WWO works with staff to understand the underlying emotional and psychosocial needs that often prevent children in institutions from achieving their full physical, developmental, intellectual and emotional potential.
Heidi Klum, Seal, Anderson Cooper at WWO Gala 2010
WWO Gala 2010 scheduled for November 1.
WWO Canada Benefit Gold Classic
On September 22nd, play golf on the Glen Abbey Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus...
