What is kwashiorkor? Kwashiorkor is a type of malnutrition that is rare in the United States; it is most common in areas of drought and famine. Kwashiorkor is due to inadequate protein in the diet despite an adequate caloric intake. Symptoms may include irritability and fatigue followed by slowed growth,
There have been a lot of children that have went home this past month. The majority of them are pictured below. Please note that a high majority of the children are admitted with kwashiorkor, due to this many of them have a beginning weight (when they are swollen) and then
We wanted to thank Answered Prayers for helping us to receive a recent donation of infant formula. It was shipping to Debbie in MN and she has been working hard each week to get these packs of formula in suitcases coming down with teams from Healing Haiti. There were so
We are so happy to be able to network with a variety of organizations within Haiti. None of us can do it all. There isn’t enough hands, enough funds, or enough time. But, as the Body of Christ works together, in His Name and for His Glory, beautiful things can
You can click on part 1 and part 2 to read the begnning of Graham Sowa’s paper. b. data from Real Hope for Haiti clinic in Cazale, Haiti The Real Hope for Haiti clinic is located in Cazale, Haiti, about 40 km north of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Between May
My excuse for not blogging-see picture above 🙂 We are so excited to have Casey with us for a week. Love that little brother so much. We have had 5 kids die in the past week. It has been a hard time for us. We have one of the twins
