At 9, Bethany mobilizes Facebook to help her sick friend

Bethany and Anne-Marie are friends. These two little girls, 9 and 10 years old, live in Arkansas, in the United States. The first sketches her life to the fullest, as evidenced by her photographs, where we see her all smiles. The second is less fortunate. She has a rare, incurable skin disease called epidermolysis bullosa.

This extremely painful pathology is characterized by a fragility of the skin such as one compares it to butterfly wings, which nothing can break. Blister-like bubbles form on the epidermis and turn into giant wounds, which never heal. Those who suffer from it must undergo daily care, invasive, difficult to bear.

“Bracelets By Bethany”

Faced with the suffering of Anne-Marie, Bethany decided to act, says the site Today.com. From the top of her 9 years, she managed in a few weeks to collect 43,000 euros (47,000 dollars) to offer her friend a therapeutic saltwater pool. A small miracle obtained from the sweat of his brow and the dexterity of his fingers, which made hundreds of bracelets in “Scoobidoo”, sold through the Facebook page “ Bracelets By Bethany “. Together, the two little girls toured the town’s businesses to sell the jewelry.

For Anne-Marie’s mother, this donation made it possible to build much more than a simple therapeutic swimming pool. “My daughter cannot go outside and ride a bicycle,” she told the American media. She can’t jump rope or skateboard. But now she can spend time with family and friends and swim in the pool without feeling any pain. It changes his life ”. On the Facebook page, you can see the little girl’s first steps in the pool water.

Today, Bethany continues to sell bracelets on the Internet to help other families and unfortunate children. A sense of altruism which earned her a nomination for the “Afterschool Awards” in the “Services rendered to the community” category.