FRANCESCA She is 17 months old and weighs 16 pounds. She had been following in an outpatient medika mamba program ran by Bread to the Nations in Carrfour but was not gaining weight well or improving. She is the only child. Her mother buys items in bulk and resells them
We wanted to continue sharing with you the stories of the burn family that so many of you have asked about. There were six children that were burned and one adult. One of the girls died the next day. Currently, RHFH is caring for four of the children as
Mike H. and his family and a friend joined us one Saturday to teach the ladies in our community a self defense class. We had three groups of ladies come in throughout the day for the teaching. Everyone enjoyed it and asked lots of questions. It was a good day.
GUERLANDE She is 6 months old and weighs 6 pounds. She is a twin (see picture below). Her parents had both lost their spouses over the years and had this set of twins late in life. They carried the kids down from their village, which was a 5 hourwalk, one
This need has been met!!!! Thank you!! Over the years here at RHFH we have had several children that have been abandoned in front of our gate or left inside the clinic yard. When this happens we contact the local authorities and let them decide the best steps to take
It has been a busy time here at the ICU and Rescue Center. We have seen a large increase in children with kwashiorkor and marasmus in the past few weeks. That is worrisome to us. We have lots of sick kids and lots of kids that are healing and recovering.
