Miliana is now 16 years old and in the 8th grade. We found her in the village of Madamn Bauje. We first saw her walking through some scrub bushes in the village. She had a ripped and dirty sweater on and was chewing on the strings. She had strange looking growths all over her body and damage to one side of her face.

We brought her back with us to our orphanage and discovered she had strange looking growths on her body, similar to what we would call “tree trunk” syndrome. We have an appointment with a very good dermatologist, who said he can remove them and they will never grow back, but we cannot get a Visa for her now because our U.S. Embassy is closed.

Miliana doesn’t know yet what she wants to be, but her favorite subject is English!! She speaks excellent English and this is also something she is so proud of. We love her very much!

Sherry