Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

Learning to Smile for Checkers Game

5 Mar 2012 · 1 min

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The video narrates a compassionate rescue effort for a child who was electrocuted while playing near an unsecured power station in Kananga. Multiple speakers describe the incident, the emotional response upon seeing the child's picture, and the decision to intervene. The story highlights a coordinated response between two American cities, with the Shriners organization joining the effort, elevating the initiative. Pediatric burn specialists, who have been treating children since 1922, outline a treatment plan involving a few surgeries that promise significant recovery for the child.

This is a story of compassion. It's a story of two American cities working together to save a child.
He was.
playing in the city in Kananga, playing hide-and-seek with some of his friends, and he went into a little, a little power station that didn't have any security on it, no door. He touched something and got electrocuted.
When I saw his picture, I just knew we had to help him.
The possibility of having the Shriners organization become part of this really lifted it into a different orbit.
We've been treating kids since 1922. in the pediatric burns specialty area.
The good news is with just a few surgeries, we'll be able to help him a lot.
There's a lot more that can be done for him and should be done for him, and he's almost there. We just, we need to get him through this last surgery, and it'll be amazing.