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Friday 20 July 2018

One wig One smile

quivel, secretary of the state of Michoacan, the gets detected with breast cancer and before
President of the program Volunteers of Morelia, undergoing the first chemotherapy treatment,
Mrs. Patrica Tello and the coordinator of the if the hair is long enough this person can donate
hair bank Mrs. Maria Dolores Maldonado Bau- her hair and that way part of the hair can be
tista and the entire team for their dedication used for her own wig.
and aid to make this achievement possible.
The Project is called “ One wig One smile” and
Hair loss during the chemotherapy can be very it will consist of different fases. First fase will be
traumatizing for the patient and can lead to collecting hair so that there will be enough hair
a negative factor in their recovery. According in the bank to make the wigs and also to have
to experts the physical aspect also contributes continuity of the Project. Mary Joan Founda-
positively in the process of recovery. An onco- tion and the state of Michoacan wish to export
logical wig can be of great support for the pa- these wigs in the Caribbean region and with the
tients selfesteem and emotional wellness. expertise acquired they can achieve this goal.

The project Requiments for the donation:
30% of the oncological artisan wig is being • Hair must be atleast 15 cm long
sewed on the machine and 70% is sewed by • Hair must be washed prior to donation
hand. A wig of human hair has a value between • Hair can be cut at a hairdresser registered
1000 to 1500 dollars. This can be a burden for for this Project. The hairdresser will give the
many patients of Aruba and the Caribbean in hair to the foundation. If the person cuts
general, therefor has Mary Joan Foundation their hair somewhere else than this should
decided to have their two members certified in be delivered personally at the office of
order to have these wigs made here. The two Mary Joan Foundation. q
certified persons can train their volunteers to
make the wigs so that these oncological wigs Mary Joan Foundation wants to thank all who
can be given for free to the person who suffers have put their trust in them and have donated
from cancer. The goal of Mary Joan Founda- their hair during the last years. Also they want to
tion is to put a smile on the face of the patient encourage the entire comunity to make a do-
and in that way get their spirit and selfesteem nation of hair for the Project ‘one wig one smile’
high in a positive way. The moment a person
ORANJESTAD — Mary Joan Foundation was es-
tablished in 2007 and offers support to all wom-
en who are confronted with breast cancer as
well as their families and friends. Their purpose
is to create an easily accessible, holistic and
integrated, patient and survivor friendly, care
system for breast cancer in Aruba.

Recently, two representatives of Mary Joan
Foundation, Mrs. Arabella Colina and Mr. Jose
Tromp received the certification for oncologi-
cal artisan hair from a certified instructor in or-
der to make wigs from human hair.

In the month of june the two representatives
traveled to the city of Morelia, Mexico in or-
der to get certified. In order to take part of this
course the representatives needed to undergo
a psychological process. During the course
they made a wig with the guidance of the au-
thorised person to give this ‘train the trainer’
course. At the end of the course the wig was
evaluated and both successfully completed
this task and got certified for this technique.

Mary Joan Foundation is very grateful to the
governement of Mexico, who financed this
course and made it posible for two members of
the board to get certified as ‘train the trainer’.
Also special thanks goes to Dr. Carlos Ramos Es-

Want to be part of this Project? Please contact Mary Joan Foundation at 588-999 or by email maryjoanfoundation@setarnet.aw Facebook
Mary Joan Foundation Aruba