A few of the kids from the ICU today…

  It is such a joy to see Lydiana smiling.  She has made great progress in the past few months. Maus is weak and sick still from his severe malnutrition.  We are hopeful that we will see a smile soon from him. Loubens mom went to two hospitals to find

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Thoughts from Gretchen

Dear God, I ask… …that I may have the COURAGE to do what is hard; courage to hold off the quitter in me; courage to stand by my convictions. …that I may have that gift of WISDOM, knowing the true value of material things.  May I never choose a creature,

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Cholera update – January to June 2016

Cholera came to Cazale in November 2010 and since that time we have cared for 11331 pts.  There have been 28359 hospitalized nights that makes the average hospital stay 2.5 nights per pt. From Jan-Jun 2016, there have been 1048 pts that have sought dehydration treatment at the cholera center.  There

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Staff Spotlight – Magdala

Magdala is a nurse who currently works in the clinic doing consultations and reporting.  She has also worked taking blood pressures, doing dressing changes, and in the cholera center.  She works Tuesday to Friday and has been working since Dec 2009. She was born in Port-au-Prince, but her parents soon

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New Admits to the Rescue Center

GERVENS He is 2 years old and weighed 20 pounds when admitted.  He lost 2 pounds of “water weight” from his kwashiorkor.  He was also admitted with a fever and diarrhea.  He has 1 bother and 0 sisters.  The family lives with extended family (13 people) in a four room

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