Four new children……….

Primane went home for summer vacation, about 6 weeks ago.  Her mother came yesterday, she walked into the gate told someone inside the Primane had a fever and was sick, and turned around and left.  She did not talk to anyone in charge or anything.  Primane has lost 5 pounds in 6 weeks.  She is crying a lot and not talking much yet. 

going home

today

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Soline is 3 years old.  She has been going through this bout of Kwashiorkor for over a month.  Her mother has been to three other clinics that are closer to her house.  They all gave her syrup medicine to drink.  I ask if they ever talked about what food she needs to give her daughter.  She said no.  We did some basic education with what foods to feed.  Her legs are extrembly swollen and tight. 

 

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This is Mailove.  She was burned last Saturday.  Her mother had just delivered a baby. After a baby is delivered, they boil water, then the mother sits on the top of a bucket about half filled with hot water.  The vapors are supposite to come up and keep her insides warm.  Some do it the day the baby is born and some wait a month afterwards.  When I had the boys everyone told me I had to do it to or I would get “cold” inside and never be able to have more kids.  Enoch’s mom was so stressed out when I did not sit on the bucket, with the boiling hot water in it.  Anyway they had boiled the water at the house and set the pot on the ground.  She went over to it and she fell in the water.  Since she lives about 1 hour away and her mom has a new baby she asked us to keep her here for daily dressing changes.  We are hoping she will heal quickly.

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This is Louidiane.  She is 5 years old ans weighs 27 pounds.  She has been losing weight for the past few months.  She living fairly close to the RC.  Her father and mother are recently separtated.  The father has not been seen for several weeks and has not provided any money to feed the kids.  Her mother was concerned about her starting school in a few months. She is weak and has no energy.  We are going to try and get weight up some in the next month so that she will be able to go to school.

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A few figures

Babies (newborn to 12 months)  -18

children (12 months to 13 years)-44

adults                                          -3

TOTAL=================65

Of the 65 there are….

–10 that can return home if their parents would come back.

— 3 abandoned (no family)

–6 have committed families to adopt them

–1 needs a family to adopt her

 

6-days until dad leaves for the states for 2 months

14-days until Charles and Lori leave for the states for 27 days

27-days Licia will be in charge by herself

0-days that will be stressfree

9-months until we can file for a visa for Carmelo

everyday-strength and peace from God

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I have come to realize more and more that the greatest disease and the greatest suffering is to be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned by everybody, to be just nobody (to no one). 
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)