The work of our clinics remains at the heart of our activity in Kenya. News of four patients has particularly encouraged our supporters.
Baby Ashley was taken to hospital after our nurse, John, diagnosed him suffering from a deadly cocktail of malaria, cholera and pneumonia.
He was quickly admitted to hospital and the Trust supported his family by paying all his medical costs. For quite some time it looked like he might die and doctors warned us not to raise our hopes. Patient and careful medical care has now seen baby Ashley back home with his Mum and Dad. Nurse John continues to monitor his health and development at the Bodo clinic.
The Bodo tailor, Shee, had suffered open leg wounds for four years. They bled constantly. He'd been making his own bandages and wrapping them around the leg.
Treatment at the Bodo clinic was followed by an operation and a lengthy stay in hospital. The Trust paid for his operation and supported his family financially over many months. Eight members of his close family had no other source of income apart from his tailoring work which had to stop altogether, His wounds are healing and we have diagnosed diabetees which is also under control. He will now need a long period of physiotherapy as his leg has been out of use for so long.
A small girl in Funzi has been unable to stand because of week legs. Doctors holding a surgery at the Funzi clinic believed she had suffered a birth trauma. She's been receiving regular physiotherapy treatment and can now stand. She still requires further treatment as one leg remains particularly weak. The progress has given her parents great hope that she will walk normally later this year.
