Irina Maria Aldea is a 10 year old girl from Pitesti, Romania, who started painting before she was 3 years old, when she had an exhibition with more than 70 paintings at the Library Dinicu Golescu in Pitesti.
Irina does oil painting on canvas, a technique difficult to master even for skilled, famous artists.
A special talent, Irina is suffering from a rare disease called severe thrombophilia with 3 genetic mutations that causes bleeding or blood clots, with a high risk of heart attack or stroke.
At the age of 7 she suffered a stroke, fortunately without any visible consequences.
The disease does not exist in the Romanian nomenclature of juvenile diseases with state support and there are no studies or medical professionals on this matter.
The only effective treatment consists in blood transfusions enriched with 5 clotting factor, under strict surveillance, at the San Matteo clinic from Pavia, Italy, the only medical center with a history in treating this disease. She has to follow this procedure until the critic age of 12, when she will be able to get the classic medication that she will have to take for the rest of her life.
Irina should receive 4 treatment sessions per year but the cost of 10.000 euros per session is too much for her family to support since they are already in debt.
Because of this, Irina was not able to arrive in Italy for her treatment for a year. Under these circumstances, her general condition worsened, nosebleeds and headaches are more common and her immunity system was damaged so bad that any seasonal cold causes her enormous suffering. The disease has affected Irina’s eyes by installed progressive macular degeneration and her evolution is unfavorable at the moment.
However, Irina enrolled in the fifth grade at the Dinu Lipatti School of Art from Pitesti, taking her vocational exam vividly.
Irina is very conscientious and has great school performance, she likes to play like any other child and she loves trips, music and poetry. Soon, she will release a volume of poems written by her, “Lost in the Future”, demonstrating multiple artistic ambitions.
The “Angel and Color” Campaign initially started by organizing a painting exhibition inside Henri Coanda International Airport, with the direct support of the National Company of Airports from Bucharest and SinVi Foundation. The campaign was also promoted by the humanitarian platform Imparte.ro .
By reediting this campaign by the SinVi Foundation, we want to promote this little painter’s talent and her desperate need of help from society.
Whether you’re an individual or you represent a company or an NGO, you can help Irina financially through donations and sponsorships.
For details, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail: office@sinvi.ro or you can donate directly into the association account, RO64UGBI0000832001424RON, opened at Garanti Bank, SWIFT code UGBIROBU, BIC code UGBI, mentioning “Irina Maria Aldea”.
You can also choose to donate using the ways available on our association website, by credit card or via PayPal.
Stay with us and help us save Irina Maria Aldea, a little talent and a future representative of the Romanian contemporary art.
Irina’s paintings photo gallery
