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At an event at the CMHR, at rght Grammy Award-winning producer David Foster puts his hand on the head of Nazdana Jan,3, who was born in Portage La Prairie in 2012 with an urea cycle disorder. She is with her father Jouhar Ali and mother Alia Jouhar and her older sister Paghunda. In 2013, The David Foster Foundation was able to assist the family after they had returned back to Winnipeg from Calgary with flights, accommodation, transportation and meals to attend the liver transplant assessment at Toronto Sickkids Hospital since there was no transplant program in Manitoba. Nazdana was listed for a liver transplant, and on April 22, 2014 she was given the gift of life when she finally received the liver she so desperately needed. The David Foster Foundation was able to continue supporting the family while they were required to temporarily relocate to Toronto for liver transplant. Throughout Nazdana’s recovery there have been many readmissions to hospital, and follow up medical appointments. Although the province of Manitoba was able to reimburse the family for the patient and one parent’s flight, the family was required to cover the additional costs. At the event Monday¤David Foster announced his upcoming¤2016 David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala & Concert –¤Sept. 24¤in Winnipeg.¤ Erin Lebar story. WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS April 4 2016