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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Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!!

THANK YOU Christian Aid Ministries (CAM)!!  Since the beginning of the cholera epidemic, they have provided so many supplies.  Starting early Thursday morning, dad started hauling items in.  Three large loads of IV fluids, buckets, bleach, soap, ORS, hand sanitizer, and more. We all 3 squeezed in the front seat and

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Wednesday at the cholera house

On Wednesday, there were 28 new admits.  No one really had time to count how many pts there were in the whole house, but it was a lot.  There were 56 people that slept here. This girl has been having a hard time.  She has cholera and a bad respiratory

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