Ryan Christopher Tracy was born August 21, 2008 two months premature with Trisomy 18. He lived only four days and passed away on August 24, 2008. Every August the Tracy family honors their son Ryan, born at 30 weeks gestation, by collecting preemie outfits and blankets to donate to local NICU's. They also send donations to the NICU at Kiwoko Hospital in Uganda, Africa.
The Adara Group is a nonprofit organization that provides health and education programs in developing countries. Uganda, Africa has the world’s third highest birth rate, yet the country ranks around 23rd in terms of infant mortality. Adara has been working with the Kiwoko hospital to improve health care in Uganda for 10 years. The group helped establish a neonatal intensive care (NICU) unit at the hospital in 2000 that now assists around 500 babies a year. Our donations will be sent this fall to Uganda. This is our fifth year donating to Africa and we find so much joy in it and in our dreams for the future for Ryan's Closet. We hope to expand to even more parts of the world where there is desperate need for these little tiny ones!
