Mahalo i nā hana like a ka South Africa Airways (SAA) a me kāna hoa codeshare ma Australia, Virgin Australia, ʻekolu mau keiki ʻōpio ʻo Uganda e loaʻa ana i kahi ʻoki a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻololi ola ma kēia ʻāina.
Wahi a Trent Malcolm, ka luna kūʻai aku o SAA no Queensland, ua hana pū ka mokulele me nā Droplets aloha Brisbane i hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi kahawai e lele i kahi kaikamahine ʻōpio ʻo Mary, i Australia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa koke ʻana. ʻElua mau keikikāne ʻōpio hou, ʻo Robert lāua ʻo Benson ka mea e loaʻa ʻoki hou ʻia.
“He 15 mau makahiki o Mary i kona wā i ale iho i ka waikawa, me ka waiho ʻana i kāna esophagus a ʻinoʻino loa a hiki ʻole iā ia ke ʻai a inu. No ʻewalu mau makahiki, ua mālama ʻia ʻo ia e kahi paipu hānai, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Trent ma hope o ke kūleʻa maikaʻi ʻana o Mary ma ka Halemai ʻo John Hunter ma Newcastle.
"Ua hana nā kauka iā Mary e hana hou i kāna esophagus i hiki iā ia ke ola hou i kahi ola maʻamau. Me ka ʻole o kēia ʻoki hoʻololi ola, e hoʻomau ʻo Mary i ka noho ʻana me kahi paipu hānai. Ua kūleʻa ke kaha a ua lawe ʻo Mary i kāna omo wai mua i loko o ʻewalu mau makahiki o ka pule i hala a ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo e hiki koke iā ia ke ʻai a inu maʻamau, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Trent.
"ʻElua mau keikikāne, ʻo Robert, 10, kahi mea ola mōhai keiki i hiki ʻole ke hele a ʻo Benson, 8, i hiki ʻole ke hele i ka lua i kāna pono ponoʻī ma hope o kahi pōpilikia olakino i kahi haukapila Ugandan e hōʻea ana i kēia pule e hana ʻoki kino ai ʻO nā haukapila Mater, Brisbane a me Newcastle John Hunter.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Trent ʻo kā SAA hoʻokele a me nā limahana ma Australia a me Uganda i hana pū me Rodney Callanan, Luna Hoʻokele o Droplets i kahi kahawai, e lawe mai i nā ʻōpio ʻekolu a me nā mea mālama iā lākou i Australia a pau loa mai Uganda.
"Mahalo nui wau iā SAA a me Virgin Australia no ke kōkua ʻana mai e lawe iā Mary, Robert lāua ʻo Benson a me kā lāua mau kahu i Australia e hiki ai iā lākou ke loaʻa i kēia ʻoki," wahi a Rodney. "Mahalo nui wau i ka lokomaikaʻi o nā ʻoihana ʻelua i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mokulele āpau a me nā moku āpau a me nā mālama kūpono."
"Ma nā huakaʻi kūwaho mai Uganda, ua kōkua nui nā limahana o SAA a me nā mea lawelawe lele a ua ʻoluʻolu loa ka huakaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ka manawa mua kēia o ka poʻe ʻōpio ma ka mokulele, akā ua manaʻo lākou he palekana a hōʻoia hoʻi i ka wā o ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa. Ua lawe ʻo Virgin Australia ma Perth a me ka hoʻolaʻa like ʻana i ka lawelawe i hōʻoia ʻia ua hōʻea maikaʻi lākou i nā wahi i lawe ʻia e lawelawe ai, "wahi a Rodney.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Trent ke nānā nei ʻo SAA i ka lele i nā keiki ʻekolu a pau i ka home ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e kā lākou kauka e lele.
"Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou e kōkua i kēia mau ʻōpio wiwo ʻole ʻekolu e hōʻoia i ka hiki iā lākou ke hana i kahi ʻoki loli ola ma aneʻi ma Australia a ke ʻike wale nei i kā Mary minoʻaka ma hope o kāna kūleʻa maikaʻi ʻana he mea pono loa ia," i pau iā Trent.
PHOTO: ʻO Linda Rademahere, ʻo VA Lounge Supervisor Perth, a ʻo Vicki Gordon, SAA Sales Manager WA, me Mary Nalugo
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "ʻElua mau keikikāne, ʻo Robert, 10, kahi mea ola mōhai keiki i hiki ʻole ke hele a ʻo Benson, 8, i hiki ʻole ke hele i ka lua i kāna pono ponoʻī ma hope o kahi pōpilikia olakino i kahi haukapila Ugandan e hōʻea ana i kēia pule e hana ʻoki kino ai ʻO nā haukapila Mater, Brisbane a me Newcastle John Hunter.
- Trent said that SAA's management and staff in Australia and Uganda worked closely with Rodney Callanan, Director of Droplets in a Stream, to bring the three young people and their caregivers to Australia all the way from Uganda.
- The surgery was a success and Mary took her first sip of fluid in eight years last week and we're hopeful she will soon be able to eat and drink normally,” Trent said.
