A few fast facts

  There were 3138 consultation done in clinic last month Of those there were 715 cases of malnutrtition   39 cases of kwashiorkor 310 injections were given and 245 patients recieved wound care There were 181 new cholera cases bring the total treated (since Nov 2010) to 7789    

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Pics from the ICU today….

Eating their medika mamba 🙂 waiting to get IV’s put in…..one with a glucose level of 45 Johanne (who was 2 pounds 1o ounces)  is 6 pounds 5 ounces today!!!! Jokenson-one of the few kids we have had that cannot tolerate the medika mamba.  He is on milk with added

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Words from Gretchen

This is an undated letter to our supporters.  We think that is might have been written in the fall of 1994. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hallelujah!  Praise God!  We thank God for your obedience to God in supporting us here in Haiti and I know that you have and are praying for us

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New children admitted in the last few weeks

CIALINE  She is 14 months old and weighs 16 pounds. She started out on our outpatient feeding program.  She followed for three weeks without much change in her healing process.  Her mama died last year and her papa was discouraged and asked that we keep her for a few weeks

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Funds needed for medications for the children

Over the past few months we have seen a significant increase in the cases of malnutrition that we are seeing here in Cazale.  While our desire is to decrease in number we have been increasing.  We go through medications rather quickly with the amount of children we are caring for.

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Life around Cazale

People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can’t pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves.  They speak in languages we once classified as exotic but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen.  But what they say is very much the

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