Kid Heroes

Summertime Social Entrepreneurs

You may have seen CFI member and person with CF (PWCF), Robyn Kelly (7) and her sister Anna (9) in the newspapers earlier this year with Taoiseach Micheal Martin at his offices on 65 Roses Day. More recently you may have seen Robyn appear with her Mum on Ireland AM talking about the ongoing Kaftrio dispute which has denied Robyn and 34 other children in Ireland access to Kaftrio.

But what you won't see on telly or in the newspapers is the hard work that Robyn and Anna put in away from the camera lens to help CFI and PWCF, like Robyn fight CF everyday. So we would like to tell you a little bit more about these wonderful girls and what they spent their summer doing.

Like many children, the girls decided they would like to do something to raise money for charity. Luckily for us, they chose CFI! They worked with their friends, Emily, Katelyn and Grace and came up with an idea to create bookmarks to sell to their neighbours.

Filled with entrepreneurial spirit, they priced the bookmarks at a minimum of 10c a piece, to ensure they were accessible to everyone. A person who bought a bookmark could pay more than 10c but not less. Over the course of the summer, the young social entrepreneurs raised a staggering €178!!!

Such was the success of these bookmarks, that when Anna and Robyn learnt of the Kaftrio dispute, Anna wondered if they could do something similar again to help Robyn get the medicine that she deserves.

We think that is a wonderful idea but with school and playdates, sports and afterschool activities, children these days are very busy.

So CFI would like these wonderful children to know that we are doing our very best to make sure the money raised will help Robyn and other children who fight CF every single day get all the treatment and services that they are entitled to. Well done and thank you from the bottom of our CFI hearts for all your hard work!

Anna Kelly (9), Robyn Kelly (7), Emily Aherne (7), Katelyn Aherne (9) and Grace Foy (8)