Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Yesterday I visited the nutrition clinic that Pandipieri puts on every Tuesday in a slum here called Obunga. There were about 15 mothers and they children ages 4 months to 4 years. All the children are severely malnourished. The workers talk to them about health and sanitation and the proper foods to feed their kids and how to have a balanced diet. They also teach them about sanitation and diapers, clean water and the importance of bathing their children. The kids are absolutely so cute, but some of them look like their arms and legs will snap any minute. They are SO skinny. Then there are others who have huge bellies, another sign of malnourishment. It's just so sad because these mothers want to help their children, but they just kept saying how they have no money to buy food. The clinic evaluates each child weekly and gives the mother some food for the week and any other needed medications. Some of the kids are 2 or 3 and they look like babies. It was really really sad....

Not much else is new. I'll post some pictures soon!

No comments: