Angelica is an 8 year old girl that was brought into our Rota, Kenya, dispensary severely dehydrated and suffering from pneumonia.  Thanks to your generous support the dispensary has a clinical officer, Vespa, rare for the region.  She was able to diagnose Angelica and treat her with oral rehydration salts, intermuscular antibiotics (see vial next to her on the desk), and amoxicillin (see the pink bottle).  Angelica spent several hours at the clinic in bed until Vespa was sure she was able to tolerate fluids and then sent home with her medications. She did well.

Dehydration from any cause is one of the top five causes of death in children in the developing world. Most of the time this is due to poor access to healthcare. Rota is the only dispensary in the Kisumu area of 2 million which provides medication to its patients and is also one of the only ones with a clinical officer. This may have well saved Angelica’s life as the nearest hospital is 15 km away and many families are unable to travel that far.

Thank you all for your generous support that makes sure Vespa can help children like Angelica for a full month!

Gorg is a young man from Gashanda, Rwanda.  He has been losing weight and had a cough for some time when he was seen.  Our clinical officer diagnosed him with walking pneumonia and prescribed a course of antibiotics which are very effective.  This helped Gorg get back to working full time at the family farm.  Thank you for you generous donation that has supported Gorg and nine other children in Gashanda, Rwanda!

Ngariani is a five year old in Gashanda, Rwanda.  He was diagnosed with pinworms and received anti-parasitic medication thanks to your donation. He and 9 other children can remain healthy and symptom free thanks to you.

5 month old baby Frances was seen in Gashanda, Rwanda. He had been suffering from a high fever and bad cough. His mother brought him to Humanity for Children and he was found to be both dehydrated and with pneumonia.

He was given oral rehydration salts in the clinic, which he thankfully responded well to and was sent home with extra salts.  He was also given antibiotics and asked to come back the following day for a recheck. He is now doing much better.

Pneumonia and dehydration are two of the top five killers of children under 5 in the developing world. Thanks to your donation, he and 19 other children will not have to worry about this problem!  Thank you so much for this generous gift.

Ngomi is the proud mother of two living in Gashanda, Rwanda, located in Eastern Rwanda.  She recently visited the Humanity for Children clinic, where both her children were able to receive much needed check ups.

 Thanks to your donation, her children received multivitamins, anti-worm medication, and vitamin A.  Because of your support, these two children and eight others were able to recieve this much needed help.  Thanks so much for keeping these children healthy!