One For Jasmina

**seemiyah** · 04-10-2009, 12:21 PM

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<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">Apr 9 2009 12:00 PM EDT

Rihanna Visits Sick Fan In New York HospitalSinger spends time with 6-year-old girl fighting leukemia.
By Jocelyn Vena</span></span>

Although she has kept a relatively low profile since her alleged altercation with Chris Brown in February, Rihanna made a special visit to a 6-year-old fan, Jasmina Anema, on April 2 in New York. The singer surprised the girl, who is fighting leukemia at NYU Medical Center, after learning about her story back in February.

Rihanna saw a video made by the girl's best friend and her mother in an effort to find a bone-marrow donor for the young girl. Rihanna followed up their video with her own video helping to find a donor. Last March, the singer helped find a bone-marrow donor for 41-year-old lawyer Lisa Gershowitz-Flynn, who also had leukemia.

"She's really here!" Jasmina exclaimed when Rihanna walked into her room last week, People magazine reported. The singer told the girl, who has a rare and aggressive form of the disease, "You are such a beautiful little girl."

Katharina Harf, the executive vice president of DKMS Americas, the donor registry that is helping Jasmina find a match, told the magazine that usually Jasmina is tired due to high doses of chemotherapy. "But when Rihanna walked into the room, there was no sign of that at all," she said. "Jasmina loves Rihanna. And Rihanna fell in love with Jasmina."

The two spent more than three hours together talking, playing and having pillow fights. They even danced around to a few of Rihanna's songs, including "Umbrella" and "Please Don't Stop the Music."

"Jasmina showed Rihanna all her special 'moves,' " Harf said. "And tried to teach her how to do them. ... Rihanna stayed until 8 o'clock that night. She would have stayed longer if Jasmina didn't have to go to sleep."

Not only did Rihanna hang out with Jasmina, but she also gave the girl a bag of CoverGirl products and gave her a little makeover. "Rihanna asked me if it was OK to put makeup on Jasmina," the girl's mother, Thea Anema, said. "I said, 'Of course!' She's so thrilled with makeup and anything girly."

Rihanna talked to People about the visit to Jasmina, who she calls "an amazing little girl."

"It breaks my heart to see her go through this difficult sickness," she said. "Jasmina still hasn't found a match and she is just one of 6,000 people suffering from leukemia or other blood cancers who search the registry every day for a life-saving match. We can take action and sign up to be bone marrow donors. We can save the life of Jasmina and others like her."

**mariane** · 04-10-2009, 12:40 PM

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Aww no I had'nt heard of this .. and its def a worthy cause
I'll post this link on my blog too. good post

**seemiyah** · 04-21-2009, 11:26 AM

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<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">Rick Ross, Trick Daddy Host Blood Drive For Child</span></span>

April 21st, 2009 | Author: Andres Tardio

In a time when rappers are readily involving themselves in beef and turmoil, some positive news has come out of Miami. Pitbull, Flo Rida, Trick Daddy and Rick Ross [click to read] are teaming up to help in an event that is slated to hit the 163rd Street Mall in North Miami this Saturday, April 26, 2009. The event will take place to aid Jasmina Amena, a six year old Leukemia patient in need of a bone marrow donor.

NBA and NFL players are also slated to be on hand for the day, which is scheduled to have photo sessions with stars and autograph signings.

Fans who attend can also donate blood in hopes that someone may be a match for Jasmina.

This isn't the first time celebrities have helped Amena. Lamar Odom recently held a charity event for the young child as well, according to the Los Angeles Times. Rhianna also met young Jasmina at a hospital in New York in early April.

**f0rTyLeGz** · 04-21-2009, 03:31 PM

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: seemiyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
"It breaks my heart to see her go through this difficult sickness," she said. "Jasmina still hasn't found a match and she is just one of 6,000 people suffering from leukemia or other blood cancers who search the registry every day for a life-saving match. We can take action and sign up to be bone marrow donors. We can save the life of Jasmina and others like her." </div></div>
This list has been around for 30 years. I lived in DC area for 30 years and was on the NIH list of possible donors. I was called in a few times to go to the next level (back then you had to match on a series of tests... not DNA), but was never found to be a perfect match. I encourage everyone to contribute... lives are saved every day by bone marrow transplants.

**Nylah** · 04-21-2009, 07:38 PM

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pretty little somebody too

i wish I could do these things but I cannot

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: seemiyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Have you all heard about this? Its a little girl with an agressive form of Lukemia and they are actively searching for a bone marrow donor for her. A lot of celebrities have taken up the cause but what she need is for people to get tested. Her best friend's mother made a great website showing how easy it is to get tested.

Jasmina (with the braids) her friend in the background

Please checkout the website

One For Jasmina

http://www.oneforjasmina.com/ </div></div>

**Bizzy** · 04-21-2009, 08:45 PM

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Heard about this...think I'll be in town this weekend so mi might swing by 163rd

my blood type is pretty common, but mi wi try give some if they allow me to.

<span style="font-style: italic">**run gone buy up some food fulla iron**</span>

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