Humanitarian Foundation BUDI HUMAN - Aleksandar Šapić

raises funds for Dimitrije Janikić (2015).

Dimitrije was born on 2 February 2015 in Belgrade. He was graded  8 at birth because of the deformity of both feet and undescended testicles.

He has had developmental delays from birth. When he was four years old the results of the chromosomal test showed that Dimitrije was suffering from a rare 10q26 deletion syndrome. Symptoms are characteristic facial features, mild to moderate intellectual disability, growth problems and developmental delays, delayed speech and motor skills such as sitting, crawling and walking (some children never learn to walk or talk) there are also problems with hearing, vision, kidneys, feet, feeding and epilepsy. Affected individuals may also show autistic behavior.

Dimitrije is 6 years old, despite of all, he is a cheerful boy who loves friends and even with a significant developmental delay, operated on craniostenosis, operated strabismus, intervention on the testicles, limited movement in the joints, kidney problems, small growth, he does not give up. He also needs one more operation.

His struggle is long and difficult, but he, like his closest ones, will never give up. Dimitrije's mother asks all generous people to help them so that Dimitrije can have a happy childhood and enjoy growing up with his brother.

He needs funds for specialist examinations, operations, rehabilitation, physical treatments, supplements, speech therapy, special education treatments,  a personal assistant, spa treatments, laboratory analyzes, orthopedic aids and he also needs funds to cover travelling and accommodation costs.

For Dimitrije's happier childhood! Let's be humane!

Let's help Dimitrije!