Created with Care for Children of the Americas

Hand quilted baby blankets and infant bibs are a work of art. Each blanket takes many hours of cutting, piece work and sewing. The bibs are a great gift to give out for our cleft babies we care for on our surgical teams.
Hand made blankets of this quality are often sold in gift shops across Kentucky. Fortunately for COTA, the Brookesville, Indiana sewing guild realized that they are priceless gifts to our Guatemalan patients, and they donated the products to us. The recent gift of over 100 blankets and 150 bibs have been shipped to Guatemala and are waiting to find their new owners when we disperse them on Team 2012. We are grateful to Marie Kerr in Mt. Carmel, Indiana for her many years and countless hours of sewing for our patients. Marie, who is in her late 70's, has a big heart, busy hands and talented friends.

Rigoberto needs a prosthetic leg

This is Rigoberto. He lives in a very inaccessible area of northern Guatemala, which makes obtaining a prosthetic leg almost impossible. As shown in this photo, Rigoberto makes his way up his mountain village pathway with a homemade crutch.
Children of the Americas will be in Guatemala in January, and we hope to be able to help this patient with his ambulatory needs. The average cost of a prosthetic leg in the United States is well over five thousand dollars. All of our prosthetic supplies are donated to our Guatemalan patients. Your donations help us do this much needed work.

Spreading the Word about COTA

Paul, Josh, Rosemary, Jody and Luis enjoyed speaking to a group of University of Kentucky medical, nursing and PA students recently in Lexington. Always happy to share the word about the great work being done within the Children of the Americas organization, these volunteers were equally inspired by the enthusiasm of the students they spoke to.