Myrga Family
The Myrga family has 6 children, the youngest of whom is paralyzed. The mother, who is single, has breast cancer. Several of the boys have learning problems. Maciek, the oldest, works in a car shop on the weekends. He has had multiple surgeries on his left knee.
- Ewa, age 5 - paralyzed and needs constant care
- Paulina, age 8 - loves to paint and play with dolls
- Dominik, age 11 - has learning problems
- Pawel (Paul), age 12 - has learning problems but very joyful, has acute psorisis and needs constant re-evaluation and medical supervision
- Arek, age 14 - talented painter
- Maciek, age 16 - in a special program at school, as he has learning problems, plays role of father for the family
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Sponsors:
The founders of Help Children in Pogorzel, Poland, Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zaremba-Swat and Krzysztof (Christopher) Swat, sponsor the Myrga family and hope to be able to send Arek to art school. They have been able to provide a lot of rehab equipment for Ewa and are planning to send Pawel to the seashore for summer vacation, in order to help his psorisis.
Elzbieta and Krzysztof
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