The silver lining..

** the following was taken directly from Nomadlife **


The last few days have been very encouraging for Sofia, she went from being extremely sick in Monday 25th of July (and with very few alternatives to help her), to be much better with a notable improvement in her health through the week in a way she didn't need an air ambulance (lowering the cost in a huge way). Her later good progression this weekend also permits her to travel all the way back to Mexico City (also lowering the costs). While being an extreme emergency in the beginning the situation has positively changed and it's no longer a money emergency for the family. The family has contacted us to thank all the AIESEC support, they said that the money raised so far was going to be sufficient to cover hospitalizations costs, surgery, medical care and debts acquired so far by the family. I want to thank all AIESEC people who helped Sofia; thanks to you we were able to raise 5243.89 Dollars in four days. The paypal account now is closed. You help was crucial.

What about the countries who were organizing collects? We appreciate you help and support, fortunately it won't be necessary to keep the fundraising, we will be still receiving the money already collected and we will be posting final amount as soon as we have it but we kindly ask you to stop any further fundraisng activity from now on. All the money collected through Pay Pal and money transfers will be definitely useful to pay all the expenses.

Sofia, Sofia's Family and AIESEC in Mexico are deeply grateful for the incredible support given in the last days. Sofia's family just sent us a letter stating the following:

To the community in general
Through this letter we want you to know that yesterday, Sunday 31st of July, 2005, Sofia was authorized to be transferred to Mexico City where she will receive medical attention and probably surgery attention will be performed. The doctors who assisted her in Military Hospital No. 37 in Accra Ghana recommended her to go to Mexico after seeing the stabilization of her vital signals. Even though her health condition is still delicate, we have FAITH and trust that with the proper attention Sofia will recover,

We also want to take this opportunity to thank from the bottom of our hearts the help receipt from relatives, friends and community in general, because without your support and without your prayers, Sofia?s and my parents? transfer, wouldn't have been possible to do. Also, we want to mention and thank the collaboration of the media presenting our case to the public.

Finally, we just want to say that starting today and with God?s bless our family begins to walk a long road through Sofia?s recovery. We know that our lives will never be the same because we have known the kindness of God, our family, of our friends and of the community. Thanks infinitely

Mendez Vazquez Family

You can keep updated via Aiesec Mexico and Nomadlife websites if you wish.