This time there are good and bad news to tell. Let's start with the good news.

Our friend Mauri Ojala and his team friends visited Tg-Jiu shelter last weekend. They brought a couple of portable toilets along with them. Carmena can take the other to her home if she likes. Mauri's team also set up an additional warehouse building. They also assembled bituminous coverings on the top of new dog houses. Furthermore Mauri instructed Carmena and Patricia to use the generator received in the beginning of this year.

I have promised to pay for the work Mauri and his team has done for the shelter. Donations for this purpose are accepted with great gratitude. Mauri has many times proved to be open-hearted and I really wish that our co-operation will continue in the future.

Below you can see pictures from the shelter during the visit of Mauri & co Toilet elements are unloaded from truck, setting up the warehouse building:

I received worrying messages from Mauri concerning Carmena during Mauri's shelter visit. Mauri told Carmena had been quite upset and very sad. Finally she had told she visited a doctor who told Carmena may have a pre-stage of skin cancer which may turn to be actual cancer. Back in March while our visit to shelter Carmena had some spots in her face and she had been told by doctor not to be in sunlight. However it is quite impossible when working at the shelter but Carmena is trying to cover her skin from direct sunlight as much as possible. Furthermore Patricia told me last week that Carmena had been in an operation where a node was removed from her breast. The results of samples taken are examinated in about two weeks. The situation is very uncertain, confusing and hard for Carmena.

It is very hard to accept that people who are voluntarily sacrificing their lives for others are forced to fight constantly for their own life and well-being. I wish we all learn to open our hearts for others who need our help and who we are able to help. Carmena surely needs our support now even she can't talk about it yet, not even with Patricia. Personally, I hope that we could support her also financially so she won't miss out treatments because she possibly can't afford them.

Despite of all this Patricia's visit to Finland is going to happen. A nice bunch of people has already signed up for a meeting in Nuuksio, Espoo.

Below are pictures from shelter, taken in May by Patricia.

Patricia and Diana are feeding little abandoned kittens.

Patricia working at the shelter.

Sterilized females recovering in Dona's barn. There's also bruised and sick puppy.

Carmena and Patricia are appreciating our help probably more than we ever know. Let's try to beat this hardship they have faced, together.

Regards,
Kiia