“Already raised 122,000 euros, but that is still not enough”: how is Jade (3) who was born without ears doing? | Wemmel

“It really seems like everyone wants to do their part.” Gilles Vanderschelde (41) and Emilie Van Haudenhove (36), the parents of Jade (3), shared their story in our newspaper a year ago. Their daughter was born without ears due to a rare condition called microtia. To finance an operation worth more than 200,000 euros in America, Gilles and Emilie started a non-profit organization and a collection campaign a year ago. Is crowdfunding running smoothly? And how is Jade doing at school? We spoke with dad Gilles Vanderschelde. “Further investigations suddenly revealed another problem.”