The story of Lancinet, the little boy with Down syndrome who traveled from Africa to Córdoba to save lots of his life

Cristina has spent hours making an attempt to make every part match. Her garments, her favourite sneakers, the blanket she likes, the stuffed animal she sleeps with. Difficult to place in a suitcase the 4 months wherein Lancinet has been together with her and her husband, within the Cordoba city of El Carpio. The little boy with Down syndrome returns to Guinea Conakry this Tuesday after having been efficiently operated on for a critical congenital coronary heart illness.

“Today is a troublesome, bittersweet day, I’m going to overlook him loads,” acknowledges the one who has been his “mom” throughout his keep in Spain. It shouldn’t be the primary time that this Cordoba couple have a baby in foster care. Lancinet is the third, though about to show 3 years previous, that they had by no means been in control of one so small. “He arrived as a child and left as a baby. He did not stroll or speak. Now he does not cease and he is aware of methods to say dad and mother, ”she says proudly.

Although she is unhappy, Cristina cannot cease occupied with the little boy’s household. “Not a single day have I taken them out of my head. How arduous it needed to be for them to be separated from their son, ”she says. And that thought is what retains her sturdy in her goodbyes. “The worst is whenever you return residence and see that it’s gone. In the primary reception, it took me two months to assemble the mandatory energy to gather every part: sheets, garments,… Now, I do not let a single day go by”, she factors out.

For her, the expertise is price it and he or she would do it once more with out hesitation. “Lancinet has made us uncover an attractive world,” she says. A cheerful and outgoing baby who likes to eat, work together and be held. Now the little boy returns to his residence, the place his dad and mom and his three brothers are ready for him. He returns with a wholesome coronary heart and full of affection obtained throughout these months in Spain.

Journey in the direction of the Life of Earth of males

Lancinet has undergone surgical procedure on the Reina Sofía Hospital for congenital coronary heart illness that he introduced due to the Journey to Life mission developed by Tierra de hombres. A program that’s potential due to the collaboration of the Foundation with the Ministry of Health and Consumption of the Junta de Andalucía and the City Council of Córdoba.

There are already greater than 50 girls and boys who’ve been transferred and intervened for the reason that program was launched in Córdoba in 2010 and who, due to this chain of solidarity, can face their future with the hope of a life with well being and dignity.