Twins, trafic accident, etc.

Brenda, Ruth and Melisa drove to the hospital to visit the twins at the Department of Malnourished Children. We had hoped to see an improvement in Waswa's condition, but when we saw the little baby his condition had actually worsened. He had not gained any weight, he still showed no interest in eating, the wounds on his chest was worse, and he had a very dry mouth and his tongue was covered with wounds and lacerations.

The very small and fragile Waswa was clearly not well

Kato was significantly better

Ruth gives mama Nalongo clothes and diapers for babies that are donated from Denmark

We were afraid that he might not survive. His blood count was as low as 0.3 so it was probably a miracle that he was still alive. Late at night it happened as we had feared, Waswa did not manage to survive - he died.

Waswa trying to drink milk, but he was still not very interested in getting food

During the visit to the Department of Malnourished Children we handed out clothes mainly from "Ej Sikke Lej" to all the children. The mothers were very happy and we were happy that we could bring some joy to a rather sad life. The families who have children hospitalized in this department shows a clear tendency, that they simply do not have enough food for their children.

Some of the malnourished children in the clothes from "Ej Sikke Lej"

This boy got a sweater from the knitting club in Ullerød

We found out that this sweet girl, Joan, have lived in this department for 8 months and it serves as her home, since she is an orphan and the nurses have chosen to keep her there. We felt sorry for the girl, because it is not a proper home and because she is exposed to the many diseases in this department. We have asked the authorities to investigate whether she should be placed in an orphanage or go into foster care rather than stay in a hospital

When Mama Harriet was returning to work after her lunch break, she was involved in a traffic accident. Two boda-boda's (mopeds / motorcycles) clashed and Mama Harriet fell to the ground and got some scratches on her body. She was straight away taken to the emergency room and was subsequently admitted to the hospital for observation.

In the afternoon Brenda, Kezia and Ruth took a bunch of the boys from the baby home to hospital for investigation of various diseases. Although it was a little boring trip, the boys enjoyed the "excursion" anyway.

Godfrey, Mutyaba and Edison - three brothers who were recently reunited

The boys had fun trying to take pictures

Happy Nicholas

The boys have fun while waiting

Gavin drove to White Angel School, where he also had some clothes for the children at the orphanage, we had expected that Mutyabas brothers were larger than they were ... you do not expect a 9 year old and a 7-year-old to fit into size 4 years! So all in all .... a busy day in Uganda Child Care!

/RJ