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Press release dated 25 09 03 - KAIETEUR NEWS

MISS GUYANA WORLD GIVES $$$ TO ACID-BURN VICTIM GEORGETOWN: ALL THE MOTHERS ARE ADVISED TO BE EVER PROTECTIVE OF THEIR CHILDREN ,TO FEAR GOD AND TO GO TO CHURCH. THESE WERE THE COMMENTS OF REIGNING MISS GUYANA 2003 ALEXIS GLASGOW,YESTERDAY FOLLOWING HER VISIT WITH BURN VICTIM SAMANTHA WALTON .

YESTERDAY THE MISS GUYANA WORLD COMMITTEE DELIVERED ON THEIR PROMISE TO ACID BURN VICTIM,SAMANTHA WALTON. THROUGH MISS GLASGOW THE COMMITTEE DELIVERED A $109,000 CHEQUE TO WALTON. ASMITA CHAND ,FINANCE AND MARKETING OFFICIAL OF THE PAGEANT SAID THAT THIS REPRESENTS THE TAKINGS OF THE EVENING GOWN COMPETITION AFTER COVERING THE NIGHT'S EXPENSES .

WALTON AND HER MOTHER INGRID,ARE TO DEPART GUYANA SHORTLY TO START PREPARING FOR HER MORE THAN 30 SURGERIES. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE U.S FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD ; DURING THIS TIME THE SURGERIES WOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF U.S BASED GUYANESE ,EVE ADAMS,WITH HELP FROM THE HEALING FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION.WALTON IS
TO BE ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 21, IN PREPARATIONS FOR SURGERY ON OCTOBER
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WALTON'S MOTHER EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE WHO ASSISTED SO FAR,SAID THAT THEIR MUST BE A GOD. ONE OF THE DONORS WAS THE CAMPBELLVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. " THAT WAS THE ONLY CHURCH THAT REALLY REACHED OUT TO HELP MY DAUGHTER WITH FINANCE ." SHE WAS
ALSO ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO KAIETEUR NEWS REPORTER MONDALE SMITH, WHO MADE THE U.S CONNECTION THROUGH WHICH THE FAMILY WOULD BE GIVEN FREE AIR TRANSPORT FROM TRINIDAD TO THE U.S, FREE LODGING FOR THE THREE YEAR PERIOD OF THE SURGERIES THAT ORIGINALLY WOULD HAVE COST IN EXCESS OF U.S $200,000. SURGERY WOULD NOW BE FREE .
"A BIG KISS FOR HIM "SHE SAID.

MISS GUYANA WORLD, ALEXIS GLASGOW WAS MEETING WITH SAMANTHA WALTON FOR THE FIRST TIME. KAIETEUR NEWS UNDERSTANDS THAT UNIVERSAL AIRLINES HAS CHIPPED IN ,AND WILL BE PRESENTING THE WALTON'S WITH THEIR TICKET TO TRINIDAD BY THE WEEKEND. GLASGOW DESCRIPTION AFTER HER ENCOUNTER WAS THAT "SAMANTHA IS A COOL,STRONG AND POSITIVE YOUNG WOMAN, WHO DID NOT DESERVE HER PRESENT CONDITION."
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