You made a real difference in someone’s life!  Alphonse is 2 years old, and was seen at Humanity for Children’s medical clinic in Rota, Kenya.  He was diagnosed with pneumonia and malaria–two of the top five causes of death in children in this part of the world.  Thanks to your generous gift, Alphonse received the medications he needed to make a full recovery, and his mother Lina is very happy.  Thank you!!

Juliet is a 7 month old girl seen in our Rota, Kenya clinic.  She was brought in by her mother, Millicent, with severe malnutrition and is receiving increased calories, nutrition support, and vitamins from your donation.  Your generous donation will go a long way to providing the long term care she needs.  Thank You.

Six month old John was seen with his mother in Rota, Kenya.  He was given medication for an ear infection, multivitamins and deworming medications, all thanks to your generous donation.  Without your help, little John would have suffered for much longer. Thank you!

In this picture we see little four month old Peter being taken care of by his mother. He was brought into the Rota dispensary for malnutrition support. This is a very important aspect of  having a clinical officer and staff locally available in the village.

Many children in this part of the world suffer from malnutrition and they are often idenified by the volunteer health care workers in the village and sent to the dispensary. Here the clinical officer and nurses can check the child out, determine the best nutritional supplement to provide and get them started on the road to good growth and development. Good nutrition is imperative for brain development and a strong immune system. Having the clinical officer available so close allows for supervision as Peter’s malnutrition improves. He can also be tested for HIV, malaria, and TB which may all contribute to his poor weight gain as well. Thanks to your donation, Peter has a great chance to grow and develop normally.

In Rota, Kenya, many of the patients who are seen in the clinic come from many kilometers away.  When they are seen they are often ill with fevers, rashes, weight loss, masses, etc.  Distinguishing one illness from another is so important in order to provide proper medical care.  In the US we would simply call in a few days with the results, but in this part of the world that is difficult or impossible and the patient may never find out the result of a test.  Is is important to run the test while the patient waits.

Your generous donation makes it possible fr us to employ a laboratory technician at the site who can look at blood and urine samples, skin scrapings, and do rapid HIV testing.  By providing this service, we can diagnose HIV, malaria, urine infections, TB, and fungal infections on the spot.   This allows the patient to leave the clinic with the appropriate medications and follow up needed to ensure a rapid recovery or at least get started on the correct treatment course and be referred to the proper facility.

Thanks to your generous contribution, Jenevive is doing much better!

Kevin (3 1/2 years old), his sister Everline (8 years old) and their mother Susan wait to see the clinical officer at our Rota dispensary in Rota, Kenya. They are 3 of the over 1500 patients seen every month in this remote site. Having a clinical officer in the village is a huge change for them. Just a year and a half ago they could not get the care they needed in town and needed to walk the 15 kilometers into Kisumu to be seen at the local hospital. Even then they often could not afford to pay for the medications.

In Kenya, as in much of the rest of the developing world, when a family is seen at a hospital they simply get a prescription. Is is then up to them to find a pharmacy that has the medication and pay for it. We see how hard this is in a country as affluent as the US, imagine being a patient in Rota who earns less than $1.00 a day! At the Rota dispensary the consultation by the medical officer and the medications are given out at the time of the visit making a great difference in these patients lives. Thank you for your continued help!

Rose is five years old and comes to our Rota, Kenya, dispensary for nutritional support. Your donation makes it possible to provide high calorie supplements including ground nuts and fish protein to ensure her excellent growth. This is so important for her to achieve her maximum brain development and height. Although your donation is to treat 60 children, often children with malnutrition need extended support lasting a couple of months. Your generous donation allows this feeding program to support Rose, along with 5 other children through this difficult time.

Also in this picture is her brother, Owen, who is 15 months old. He was ill and received anitbiotics to recover from an unidentified bacterial infection. Your generous donation will allow both of these children and many more grow up healthy and strong. Thank you Christine!

Delores lives in the village of Rota, Kenya. She decided to come along with her mother to a visit to the clinic because she was feeling especially run down and tired the past few months. After a thorough history by Vespa, the clinical officer, she was found out to be anemic. Anemia is a big problem in the developing world and one of the diseases that an on-site clinical officer can monitor. With proper nutritional counseling and supplements, people are able to improve rapidly and can better manage their work and family as well as fend off diseases.

Thanks to your generous donations the people of Rota, now have a clinical officer working at the dispensary. This makes a huge difference for many people of the village, including Delores. Thank you all so much for your generous donation!