Graham Sowa is a good friend of Real Hope for Haiti. He is currently in medical school in Cuba and wrote the below paper. We will be sharing it in several different post. It is a good read to help understand the effects of what kwashiorkor and malnutrtion does to the body.
by: Hannah Rogers The Lord blessed me with the opportunity to spend a month volunteering at Real Hope this summer. Never before has He blessed me so richly. Words aren’t sufficient to describe my experiences, yet I know that I am changed. After my parents returned from a short term
DAWENS Dawens came to the clinic because he was sick. On the way here he got worse and was having lots of diar and vomiting. He tested positive for cholera but was also needing IV antibiotic meds due to other illnesses that he had. He stayed with us here in
Previous post about the babies in the tent here, here, here , here In May/June of 2011 we had 6 new babies in the tent. They were all small little ones and 5 of their mothers had died in child birth. The two boys on the right hand side have
I posted about Williona and Williony here. Their mom and dad left their house yesterday to come visit the kids today. On the way down the mountain paths their other child got sick with cholera. They found a center near to where they were at. The mom stayed with her
Lides has been with us for several weeks. He was recovering here so we could watch him and give medication. He is doing much better and returned home this week. His parents were very happy to be able to take him home. Dejaline is 8 months old and weighs
