DARLINE She is 4 years old and weighs 20 pounds. This is her first time with a mild case of kwashiorkor. She has already lost 2 pounds of “water weight” from the kwash. She is eating well and we expect a full recovery for her. She is currently on the medika
Two weeks ago, we had 93 kids in the rescue center. That week we began to search for parents of recovered children and send them back home. Four days out of the week, we had 2 staff members that traveled by tap-tap, motorcycle and foot for hours to locate family
Recent post on Miriana Miriana has lost weight and is down to 20 pounds. Not normal for a 10 year old little girl. We are doing everything we can to keep her alive. She will/can not eat much and has constant diar. Tomorrow morning her papa and a RHFH employee will
Miriana has been with us on and off since 2004. She is currently 10 years old and weighs 24 pounds. We found out about a few years ago that she was HIV +. We have been working with her family these past few years. When she gets very sick, they bring her
These past few months we have been seeing lots of malnourished children. We see two main forms of malnutrition , marasmus and kwashiorkor. Both of these forms of malnutrition can be treated with medika mamba translated as “peanut butter medicine”. Medika mamba is made from peanuts grown right here in Haiti. It
