Ashley Peatfield writes from Bodo, March 15th 2009
Nearly 70 people were seen by a team of medical experts at Bodo clinic which opened today. There were two extreme cases in this opening session . A tailor with appalling wounds to his leg was brought to the clinic in a taxi as he was unable to walk the short distance from his home. He has been suffering for nearly four years and his wound bleeds and weeps constantly. He will be put on a course of extremely strong antibiotics and will visit the clinic every day for his wounds to be dressed. The Funzi and Bodo Trust will also have him tested for diabetes which might be adding to the condition of the highly septic wound.
Another man has been on a catheter for months after the hospital told him to get an x ray and then undergo an operation costing £130 . Money he doesn't have . He is in constant pain. Today I was able to tell him his suffering would end and the process of treating him starts tomorrow when I take him for his x ray in Mombasa .
Today has been one of highs and lows for me. Real relief at the opening of the clinic but at the same time despair that people like this are being left to suffer indignity and pain for sums of money which many people spend in a single night out without a second thought. The Funzi and Bodo Trust needs to find more donors and to put an end to such cases of unecessary and long term suffering in the future
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- Why we exist
- Funzi Island, Kenya
- http://www.funzibodo.org.uk People living in the Kenyan villages of Funzi and Bodo often live without the basics of life like safe running water and electricity. Others have missed out on the opportunity to be educated or to have a job. This makes it hard for them to feed and support their families who often suffer poor health as a result of these conditions.Standards of accommodation can be very bad. Some villagers rely on Red Cross parcels to survive and have few clothes or possessions. When disability or serious illness intrudes they can’t pay for treatment or the facilities don’t exist.The Funzi and Bodo Trust (FAB) exist to try and change things for the better. Working with local people we are creating the conditions for a better environment where people can reach their true potential and where at least the basics of life are available affording a decent quality of life for all.
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