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ALL ABOUT WBS You can find out all about WBS, what we do and
how we do it here: About WBS
This section
covers matters of governance, organisation, aims &
purposes, membership, activities, funding and so
on.
Founder & Pioneer of
WBS Our Founder and Pioneer
of the work of Waikato Burn Support is Trish Ball.
Her story and pictures as she receives her QSM in
recognition of her services to the community are
recorded here:
Founder & Pioneer
To find out
more about the
Happy Blue Whale
from Waikato Burn Support click the button
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Read all about this and our
featured burn survivor Timothy Grainger McDonald
featured on the 20/20 Programme on Sunday evening the
30th June 02 by clicking the picture on the
left.
View photos online of our
Book Launch at Pukenui School, Te Kuiti by
clicking the book image on the left. Thank
you.
To view more literature
available from WBS visit our Literature
site.
These Children's Books are FREE from
WBS! (parents
will enjoy them too) Keeping
Safe Careful & Cool follow the adventures of our WBS burn
prevention characters as they learn how to STOP
preventable burn related accidents dead in their
tracks.
More ...
Delores Lekowski's Articles Available
now!
Delores is the author of 'The Hurting
Angels', a book with a vital message for children, young people
and parents. When she was 10 years old, she was burning trash in
her backyard when her dress caught fire. She was severely burned over
85 percent of her body and was not expected to live. She had many
setbacks over the course of the painful and frightening year she spent
in the hospital. She underwent countless surgeries and therapy. But
with the love of her family, the grace of God and an abiding optimism
and faith, she miraculously survived.
Delores has gone on
to lead a full and satisfying life. She has 3 children and 8
grandchildren. She is active in the Phoenix Society (an organization
for burn survivors and their families) and works with other burn and
trauma survivors, helping them to manage the various social, school
and job situations that can be so intimidating when someone feels
"different."
We learned that in her intense desire to help
others, Delores had written a message to all children who had suffered
burns, illness or other trauma that might hurt their self-esteem. She
called it "The Hurting Angels."
All Delores wanted was to
get her words of hope into the hands of these children, to assure them
that they were special, that it was OK to be sad, and that the
emotional and physical pain would heal. Delores is living proof of
that.
The
BBCc H2G2 Site...
To find out
more about h2g2 take the tour... or visit their Home Page
>>>>>>>>
The Everybody Site: everybody aims to
provide useful and accurate consumer health information
for New Zealanders. It is written and reviewed by medical writers,
consumer health organisations and health
professionals. everybody is a consumer health
information resource is owned and published by CMPMedica
(NZ) Ltd. The product is distributed in print (free to
New Zealand GPs) and on the internet.
WORLD BURN NEWS
Keep up to date with World Burn News
at this great site that is run by Rudy Peleman BSc (hons) for
over 12 years. Waikato Burn Support Charitable Trust Inc.,
has been a supporter for all of those years and a registered
listed member. Rudy is a British citizen of Belgian descent living in Wales and
a burn survivor since 1992 as a result of an industrial accident
in a Scottish oil refiner leaving him with burns to over 50% of
his body. He says of himself, 'I was discharged after
three and a half months after which my recovery began...'.
Rudy is an active member of the Welsh Dragons Burns Club to
which you are cordially invited to visit by clicking here:
Welsh Dragon Burns Club Home on the web. Mention you
visited from this site...
Some recent news stories:
Schoolboy error gives new hope to burn victims
Psychology of Scars
Spray-on skin graft will heal burn scars
And much more... To read these fascinating stories of great interest to burn
survivors and supporters visit the Burn Support Groups Database and click on the left hand
link 'Burn news/research'. There's lots of other good
stuff on the site too, so be sure to take some time and have a good visit.
Go Retro Browse
and be surprised, find novelty unusual items online
on goretro.co.nz, where you may find old, retro
books, movies, new Zealand collectables, retro
clothing, retro collectables, old toys and much
more.
Visit us now…
Founder & Pioneer of
WBS
Read in their own words the stories of
burn survivors who have "been there and can tell it
like it is". 
