Thank you!

All of the funds were given to make it possible to bury Sormise and the family is extremely thankful.  I got a picture as they were driving up to their house.  The truck was in an accident on the way back to Cazale from getting her.  They were run off of the

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Amazing!

Earlier this year, we had this girl come in to the clinic. Her hips, knees, ankles, and feet are all fixed in this position.  As we talked to her and her older sister, we found out that she was born normally and later developed these deformities around the age of

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Every 1 matters

Since March 1998, we have been doing our best to provide medical care for people in the Cazale area.  From that first day, we started a charting system that we still follow.  Every patient is given a number.  They have a index card with the number, name, age, and village

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Water

Two thirds of our bodies weight and nine tenths of its volume is water. That is why water essential for life. People can survive for up to two months without food, but die within three days without water A person needs about 5 litres of water each day for cooking

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Cholera update

We seem to be on a downward trend here the last 2 days with our total inpatients staying overnight coming down in the mid-40s (from 60-70).  Here are some charts so that you can get a visual of the increase that we’ve been seeing over the last 2 wks. In

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Vanessa’s home

Thank you so much for the donations given towards housing for Vanessa and her children.  They have a safe, clean place to live for the next year.  The green stencil on the wall means that the house has been inspected after the earthquake and it can be lived in.  She

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