Our colleague, Bryce Alan Flurie, has just returned from the CURE Oasis hospital in the United Arab Emirates.  He had the chance to meet a girl named Warshin and her father, Najat.  He shares their story:

Najat  is a documentary filmmaker from Kurdistan, Iraq. Since I’m a multimedia producer, we obviously had a lot to talk about…film festivals, cameras, editing software.  But the most important subject in the room to both of us was his 13-year-old daughter, Warshin.

Warshin was born with clubfoot, a condition that made it difficult for her to keep up with her seven siblings. Fortunately, the Kurdistan region where she is from is filled with kind and accepting people.  But even in an accepting culture, other children can be cruel.

Warshin

A friend in their region of Iraq did some research for Najat on the Internet and discovered the CURE Oasis Hospital.  At first, it looked like getting there might be difficult.  It can be challenging to get  a three-month visit visa from the government.  But thanks to the Abu Dhabi Naturalization and Residency Department,  Najat and Warshin were given visit visas for the time that she needed surgery and physical therapy.

Now, compliments of the hospital’s skilled surgeons,  she is on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a film editor.

Editing is a job that keeps you far away from the the spotlight and behind the cameras. With a smile like Warshin’s, however, this editor thinks she needs to stay in front of the camera.

This goes to prove that CURE International doesn’t just have an impact on the families, towns, cities and countries where we are based; CURE hospitals have a healing effect on entire regions around the globe.