Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Twaambo's Grade 9 Farewell/Graduation
Twaambo has lived at Kasensa and been with Zambia Mission Fund - Canada since he was a young boy. For several years he's lived with the Calder family and now, since they've gone to the USA he and his brother Jack, and Agness - another "orphan" has moved to live with the Siazilo family. Siazilos are a wonderful Christian, and Tonga family whom these kids have known for a long time. And Siazilos live on the farm, right next door to us - so we J, T and A every day!
Twaambo - has done very well in school. This year he was the head boy at the school and at the farewell celebration (his school has grades 1 - 9) he was honored with many awards - including the Bible award. Good work Twaambo and good work Rod and Sue Calder for the many years of care and training you invested in him.
Let's continue to pray that Twaambo makes good choices building on the foundation that he's been so blessed with!
Richard was the "guest of honor" speaker for the celebration and reminded the children that God has plans for each of them, therefore they must seek God in all that they do!
The grade 9's finished their celebration with a wonderful cooked meal from the Good Hope School Home Economics class and of course, a dance!
Thanks also to the many donors - both in the USA and Canada who have sponsored Twaambo, Jack and Agness. A very good investment, indeed!
Twaambo - has done very well in school. This year he was the head boy at the school and at the farewell celebration (his school has grades 1 - 9) he was honored with many awards - including the Bible award. Good work Twaambo and good work Rod and Sue Calder for the many years of care and training you invested in him.
Let's continue to pray that Twaambo makes good choices building on the foundation that he's been so blessed with!
Richard was the "guest of honor" speaker for the celebration and reminded the children that God has plans for each of them, therefore they must seek God in all that they do!
The grade 9's finished their celebration with a wonderful cooked meal from the Good Hope School Home Economics class and of course, a dance!
Thanks also to the many donors - both in the USA and Canada who have sponsored Twaambo, Jack and Agness. A very good investment, indeed!
November 2011 Kasensa Report
Kasensa Report – November 2011
October was HOT with some day time temperatures reaching 41C! While the rains are off to a slow start, they have started! Praise God! The cattle will soon fatten up as the yellow parched grass transforms into much better feeding grounds! To date we’ve received 44.7 mm rain. While last year this time approximately 3 times that much had fallen.
And with the onset of rain, the termites are flying by the zillions at night! As I write, the outside (and some of the inside) of the house is humming and Taylor is cooking up a few to see what they taste like. When in Zambia do as the Zambians, he says! So tonight we’ll taste – and in the morning we’ll sweep.
Babies have been coming and going this month. On November 2, Joy went home with her grandparents to the village – about 65 km. from here. Our very busy and curious Alex went home with his aunty and uncle on November 10. For a few days Molly and Timmy kept saying “he’s gone”. Where? “to Zimba!” they’d say! And then a few days later, handsome little Mikey #2 went home to be with his family. You’ll remember that Mikey’s mom had been diagnosed with TB and was so weak after delivering Mikey that she could not even get off her mat. She is doing much better now – able to cook and clean. She and husband – who also have a set of 2 year old twins and a 4 year old, will no doubt be busy, but with cousins….now out of school for December holidays there will be some additional family help!
And coming in the door was Matron and Cornolius. Matron was 4.6 kg when she was born and at 7 months is now 10.7 kg! She is much too large to pack around on anyone’s back. Today, she was crying – and I was cleaning. I hoisted her onto my hip and packed her around for awhile and then finally just had to lay her down and pat her back until she fell asleep. Matron’s 17 year old mom had surgery recently to repair a large ulcer on one of her breasts. The goal is for Matron to return to family in about a month when mom has had time to do some healing. The extended family will be caring for mom as well as Matron.
Cornolius came last week. He is 2 weeks old and weighs only 2.4 kg, a contrast to Matron. He came with sores on his body – mostly groin area, but also on his back and extremities. I’ve had him to the clinic and the hospital this week and he’s on 3 types of antibiotics trying to attack every type of possible organism. He’s beginning to eat a bit better – about 3 oz. every 3 hours. He has a ton of hair! His mom died in the village after giving birth at home. We suspect she was HIV positive and we’ll have Cornolius HIV tested as soon as possible. In the meantime, we’ll keep him on Septrin to stave off opportunistic infections.
As well, there has been much activity with the milk program. We have reached capacity – 15 babies (and their families).
Each week I spend time at the Kalomo Hospital mostly on the maternity and paediatric wards. I do this to educate myself on the most typical conditions and what treatments are available and needed and also to make relationship with the wider system. I believe greater impact of God’s work can occur through knowledge of the bigger picture and through working with all the layers of the system – individual, family and community.
What I see as all too common at the hospital is malnutrition – serious malnutrition. A few weeks ago an eight year old girl died – from malnutrition. Much education and counselling is needed. As I learn more, I am able to counsel the mom’s and dads and if needed I refer them to our milk program.
Out of this new relationship with the Kalomo Hospital staff, a few days ago – the hospital charge nurse met me at the hospital entrance and asked ZMF-C to assist the family of a 24 year old mom who had just given birth to a set of triplets – Tryness, Trustness and Junior, two girls and a boy. The babies were all of good weight (i.e. one was 2.0 kg) and went home 2 days after birth. Junior will be on our milk program because the family thinks the mom will need a bit of help! No problem. They live not far from Zimba – just off the tarred road – so hopefully, we can make a home visit in this next month.
I’m sure in Canada many of you are preparing for Christmas. For us, its hard to think of Christmas when it looks and feels like August!
While you are preparing for Christmas, I’m sure these wee ones in Zambia will be in your prayers! We are a bit out of touch with world and Canada news but we hear via BBC talk of recession still. Even though perhaps difficult financial situations in Canada exist, our country is still very wealthy. The constant struggle that folks here have for their daily bread is not at all what God intended for his people. There is much work to be done.
So, I urge all who have connection with this work to remember the ZMF-C work in your prayers. Please pray for wisdom and discernment and for energy and patience!
Our God is a good God and my prayer is that all of us together make a difference – our time in this world is short! Galatians 6: 9 and 10. “Let’s not get tired – whenever we have opportunity….”
And please continue to pray for all the babies and their families! For quick family reunification and for healthy babies!
October was HOT with some day time temperatures reaching 41C! While the rains are off to a slow start, they have started! Praise God! The cattle will soon fatten up as the yellow parched grass transforms into much better feeding grounds! To date we’ve received 44.7 mm rain. While last year this time approximately 3 times that much had fallen.
And with the onset of rain, the termites are flying by the zillions at night! As I write, the outside (and some of the inside) of the house is humming and Taylor is cooking up a few to see what they taste like. When in Zambia do as the Zambians, he says! So tonight we’ll taste – and in the morning we’ll sweep.
Babies have been coming and going this month. On November 2, Joy went home with her grandparents to the village – about 65 km. from here. Our very busy and curious Alex went home with his aunty and uncle on November 10. For a few days Molly and Timmy kept saying “he’s gone”. Where? “to Zimba!” they’d say! And then a few days later, handsome little Mikey #2 went home to be with his family. You’ll remember that Mikey’s mom had been diagnosed with TB and was so weak after delivering Mikey that she could not even get off her mat. She is doing much better now – able to cook and clean. She and husband – who also have a set of 2 year old twins and a 4 year old, will no doubt be busy, but with cousins….now out of school for December holidays there will be some additional family help!
And coming in the door was Matron and Cornolius. Matron was 4.6 kg when she was born and at 7 months is now 10.7 kg! She is much too large to pack around on anyone’s back. Today, she was crying – and I was cleaning. I hoisted her onto my hip and packed her around for awhile and then finally just had to lay her down and pat her back until she fell asleep. Matron’s 17 year old mom had surgery recently to repair a large ulcer on one of her breasts. The goal is for Matron to return to family in about a month when mom has had time to do some healing. The extended family will be caring for mom as well as Matron.
Cornolius came last week. He is 2 weeks old and weighs only 2.4 kg, a contrast to Matron. He came with sores on his body – mostly groin area, but also on his back and extremities. I’ve had him to the clinic and the hospital this week and he’s on 3 types of antibiotics trying to attack every type of possible organism. He’s beginning to eat a bit better – about 3 oz. every 3 hours. He has a ton of hair! His mom died in the village after giving birth at home. We suspect she was HIV positive and we’ll have Cornolius HIV tested as soon as possible. In the meantime, we’ll keep him on Septrin to stave off opportunistic infections.
As well, there has been much activity with the milk program. We have reached capacity – 15 babies (and their families).
Each week I spend time at the Kalomo Hospital mostly on the maternity and paediatric wards. I do this to educate myself on the most typical conditions and what treatments are available and needed and also to make relationship with the wider system. I believe greater impact of God’s work can occur through knowledge of the bigger picture and through working with all the layers of the system – individual, family and community.
What I see as all too common at the hospital is malnutrition – serious malnutrition. A few weeks ago an eight year old girl died – from malnutrition. Much education and counselling is needed. As I learn more, I am able to counsel the mom’s and dads and if needed I refer them to our milk program.
Out of this new relationship with the Kalomo Hospital staff, a few days ago – the hospital charge nurse met me at the hospital entrance and asked ZMF-C to assist the family of a 24 year old mom who had just given birth to a set of triplets – Tryness, Trustness and Junior, two girls and a boy. The babies were all of good weight (i.e. one was 2.0 kg) and went home 2 days after birth. Junior will be on our milk program because the family thinks the mom will need a bit of help! No problem. They live not far from Zimba – just off the tarred road – so hopefully, we can make a home visit in this next month.
I’m sure in Canada many of you are preparing for Christmas. For us, its hard to think of Christmas when it looks and feels like August!
While you are preparing for Christmas, I’m sure these wee ones in Zambia will be in your prayers! We are a bit out of touch with world and Canada news but we hear via BBC talk of recession still. Even though perhaps difficult financial situations in Canada exist, our country is still very wealthy. The constant struggle that folks here have for their daily bread is not at all what God intended for his people. There is much work to be done.
So, I urge all who have connection with this work to remember the ZMF-C work in your prayers. Please pray for wisdom and discernment and for energy and patience!
Our God is a good God and my prayer is that all of us together make a difference – our time in this world is short! Galatians 6: 9 and 10. “Let’s not get tired – whenever we have opportunity….”
And please continue to pray for all the babies and their families! For quick family reunification and for healthy babies!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Pigs in Taxi
You ain't seen everything yet....not until you've seen pigs being transported via taxi! Joyce, one of our "aunties" had bought 5 of our pigs and they needed to go out to her family's farm....so in came 2 taxi's. I wonder if the taxi driver stopped at a take away on the way home!
The picture is not transmitting tonight - will try another day!
The picture is not transmitting tonight - will try another day!
Molly and Timmy - how it goes!
While I continue to go back and forth between Social Services and the parents of Molly and Timmy, Molly and Timmy live out their little lives at Seven Fountains Farm. Both were recently invited to Willy Siazilos 7th birthday party and came home with plastic bags full of popcorn, buns and cake. Their tummies were too full for nsmima that night! Timmy loves to hang around the guys! He loves to sweep and will just quietly watch and try to help! Molly - recently she's come to holding babies - as if she isn't one herself. Rozina is like a little doll- so Molly holds her in her lap and mothers her. She also LOVES to mother Timmy and he mostly allows it! i.e. she cleans up his plate and cup for him...
And so far .....the many kilometres that I've driven back and forth to SS and then to Molly and Timmy's parents have yielded nothing! I'm hoping next week I can have a family meeting here (again!) We have an interested family in Lusaka for the twins, but we need the signatures of the parents to hand over authority.
Molly and Timmy's mom - Movina is expecting baby #14. They do not properly care for any of the children in their care currently. No school, no immunizations and they beg for food daily. The children hunt birds and field mice for food. (three children live with the parents - the rest are with other family members or out on their own).
And so far .....the many kilometres that I've driven back and forth to SS and then to Molly and Timmy's parents have yielded nothing! I'm hoping next week I can have a family meeting here (again!) We have an interested family in Lusaka for the twins, but we need the signatures of the parents to hand over authority.
Molly and Timmy's mom - Movina is expecting baby #14. They do not properly care for any of the children in their care currently. No school, no immunizations and they beg for food daily. The children hunt birds and field mice for food. (three children live with the parents - the rest are with other family members or out on their own).
Friday, November 18, 2011
November for the Milk Program
Florence Dwiili re-married a couple of years ago. She was sponsored in the past by Zambia Mission Fund - Canada through the Hope for Tomorrow fund. She is strong healthy and very confident! Florence re-married a few years ago to a pastor of one of the bigger churches in Kalomo. Because of Florence's health problem she chose not to breastfeed her baby. The baby is doing fine on COWBELL bottled milk as Florence is a good mother and according to her husband a very good preacher! The baby's name is Rob - that's it, just Rob. Thanks to all those who donate to the Milk Program. This month 13 others also benefitted from this program. Twalumba Maninge (Tonga - thanks) For more information on how to donate please e-mail to joanmann@telus.net We take anything and we monitor all ZMF-C activities closely!
Grade 10 Kalomo High School sponsored students get new shoes
Ruhtt Mbumwae delegated shoe shopping for the Kalomo High School grade 10 sponsored students to Taylor and I. Bata did a pretty good business this day! The school kids here all wear uniforms and the schools can be quite picky on what the uniform looks like! Bata shoes are acceptable according to KHS standards! The kids (and their families) were happy ++ and grateful! Thank you to donors of the Sponsorship Fund!
Mikey goes home
Mikey #2 as he was known to us at Kasensa went home to be with his family on November 15. He was with us for 6 weeks. His mom had been diagnosed with TB and had been so sick that she could not get her head off the pillow. In addition to Mikey, the family have a set of 2 year old twins and a 4 year old. The dad is fortunate to have a job as a labourer working for a tobacco farmer. He works 6 days a week and was not able to take time off work. One of the grannies had taken the twins and the 4 year old and the other also works full time with Namwianga - and just also happen to be ill at the time of Mikey needing care. So, we took him! And ...daily he brightened our days with his always ready smile and his twinking eyes. I can honestly tell you that I could not recognize his cry, because he was just mostly a very contented and strong baby! We shall continue to follow how Mikey does as his village, Bbello is quite close to us here.
Baby Cornolius - 2 weeks old
Kasensa welcomes baby Cornolius. He was born a couple weeks ago in the village area of Monde. His mother, 30 years old, for some reason did not go to hospital to deliver. Village births have a much higher mortality rate for babies and for moms.
The uncle of Cornolius - man on the far right - already is caring for 9 children. Can he take one more? It is not unusual for families to be swamped with children. This family is to return in December with a plan on who will be the long term caregiver for Cornolius. And...hopefully the dad also comes to the meeting.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Matron is smiling now!
It took about a week for Matron to settle in! This 22 lb. 8 month old missed her 17 year old mom! She had been breastfed right up to the moment of coming to Kasensa and when the mom developed a huge cavernous hole in one of her breasts she had to stop nursing so mom could "dry up" and qualify to get surgery(in Livingstone).
As well, Matron was fully bonded to her mom and didn't want too much to do with us strangers in this strange place.
Now....she's drinking and eating well and playing with the other babies. I think she knows she has a weight advantage and Potius also knows as she sometimes grabs this more fragile little guy and then he wails!
As well, Matron was fully bonded to her mom and didn't want too much to do with us strangers in this strange place.
Now....she's drinking and eating well and playing with the other babies. I think she knows she has a weight advantage and Potius also knows as she sometimes grabs this more fragile little guy and then he wails!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Matron - our newest addition
Last Saturday, we received Matron. Her grandparents and relative,Ian - the dentist arrived with Matron. Matron's 17 year old mom had been fighting a very large ulcer on her breast and it wasn't healing. It was larger than a toonie and deep. She needed to stop lactating in order to qualify for surgery. Today, she's in Livingstone either getting surgery or just recovering from it. Meanwhile, Matron - back at the farm here was not happy for the first part of the week as she was going through quick withdrawl from breastfeeding to a crummy bottle loaded with cowbell formula. Sorry, Cowbell company! But...she's coming through it and we're now seeing her smile. She came to us at 10.7 kg at 7 months of age! We will only keep her as long as mom is recovering - so about a month or two. No longer. Family are all aware and will keep us posted on how the mom is doing.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Timmy and Molly's parents and 3 sibs
A routine lately has been to drive 7 km from Kalomo to see the parents of Molly and Timmy. Movina, the mom is now expecting child # 14. None of her children have had immunizations or go to school! Many of them are with relatives...or friends or even have married. Over the past few weeks I've been attempting to get them to come with me to Social Welfare office to start the process of foster care or adopting out. So far, only one visit has happened and I'm hoping another can happen next week. It is difficult to track them down as they are sometimes "gone fishin'" or scrounging for mealy meal. They have no phones! Please pray for this family as we plan for M and T and also as we think on how to best serve this family.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Kasensa October 2011
Kasensa Report - October 2011
Happy Birthday, Joy – today!
Granny is here to take her home to the village on Wednesday and for the celebration today. Going home to the village will the best birthday present she can have.
October has been a HOT month in Zambia. Some areas have had their first showers, but not here! We are eagerly waiting for God to send us showers and even thunderstorms with plenty of rain! Most days it’s around 36 - 40 degrees Celsius.
Kasensa has had much activity this month. We added 5 babies to our orphan care program and 5 to the milk program. In total, we now have 10 babies that we are providing “temporary, emergency” in - home care for and 12 whom we are assisting with the milk program.
Our capacity is 12 babies at Kasensa and 15 in the milk program.
Currently, our babies include: Rozina, Mikey 1 and Mikey 2, Abraham, Potius, Alex, Abigail and Molly and Timmy.
Passmore stayed for 3 days only. His family had met during the funeral time of Passmore’s 18 year old mother and it was decided that the grandparents in Lusaka would care for him. Passmore is so blessed to be part of this family!
A good deal of time each month is spent visiting families of the babies and trying to assist them to develop a plan on how the baby can be re-united with family ASAP. ZMF-C believes the best place for a baby to be is within the family – as the wisdom of God says in Psalms 68:6.
Each situation is different and each family has different needs and different capabilities.
We met with Rozina’s family who live near Livingstone and they are preparing themselves to take her home in the next few months. We have offered support through the milk program and with transport money.
Mikey 2’s mom’s health is slowly improving and so once she’s a bit stronger he’ll join his family at Bbello. Mikey 1 is supposed to have hernia surgery this month and if that is the case then we’ll transport him to Macha for that.
We visited with Abraham’s family this morning and mom’s health is improving. It was good to see her sitting up and now she is able to eat solid food. The 5 siblings have re-located to grandparents near Livingstone, so that the husband can focus only on caring for Josephine, the mom. They are a very nice family. Abraham will be going to Livingstone later in November. Please pray for Josephine and for her family as they struggle in so many ways.
Potius is a little character. He is a slight little guy whose dominant feature are his large jowls – like some cartooned politician I’ve seen drawn. He’s always smiling!
Alex’s brother, Modern, came a few days ago to say that the family’s plan for Alex is to stay with an uncle and aunt. They will come and collect him in a few weeks! All Alex’s siblings moved to these same relatives back in July. The aunt is the sister of Alex’s mom. Alex, you’ll remember was the son of a polygamist with 3 wives and his mom was wife #2.
Abigail’s skin continues to give her (and us) grief. She has not had any open wounds though for a few months. Taylor Procyshen, our young Canadian friend who has come for a nice long visit, brought many tubes of Eucerin and other anti-itch cream. Also, I think the oral zinc is making a difference – as her face is starting to clear nicely. We only bath her once a day – so that she doesn’t dry out too much. The scorching hot days of 36 – 41 degrees Celsius is so drying and more drying means more itchiness and more potential for scratching.
Tomorrow I will take Molly and Timmy’s parents to the Social Welfare office again for their second meeting. They will discuss options for Molly and Timmy – foster care or adoption. Whatever the outcome is, let’s pray that Molly and Timmy will soon be in the arms of a loving Christian Zambian family!
Please continue to keep Kasensa babies and their families in your prayers. The approach of reuniting baby with family as soon as possible is catching on within this community. But, how can you go wrong with Psalms 68:6?
See the zambiamissionfundcanada.org website for more information on our philosophy and practice of Orphan Care and also see krogsblog for more detailed stories and photos of the babies and of other ZMF-C events!
Sue and Richard
Happy Birthday, Joy – today!
Granny is here to take her home to the village on Wednesday and for the celebration today. Going home to the village will the best birthday present she can have.
October has been a HOT month in Zambia. Some areas have had their first showers, but not here! We are eagerly waiting for God to send us showers and even thunderstorms with plenty of rain! Most days it’s around 36 - 40 degrees Celsius.
Kasensa has had much activity this month. We added 5 babies to our orphan care program and 5 to the milk program. In total, we now have 10 babies that we are providing “temporary, emergency” in - home care for and 12 whom we are assisting with the milk program.
Our capacity is 12 babies at Kasensa and 15 in the milk program.
Currently, our babies include: Rozina, Mikey 1 and Mikey 2, Abraham, Potius, Alex, Abigail and Molly and Timmy.
Passmore stayed for 3 days only. His family had met during the funeral time of Passmore’s 18 year old mother and it was decided that the grandparents in Lusaka would care for him. Passmore is so blessed to be part of this family!
A good deal of time each month is spent visiting families of the babies and trying to assist them to develop a plan on how the baby can be re-united with family ASAP. ZMF-C believes the best place for a baby to be is within the family – as the wisdom of God says in Psalms 68:6.
Each situation is different and each family has different needs and different capabilities.
We met with Rozina’s family who live near Livingstone and they are preparing themselves to take her home in the next few months. We have offered support through the milk program and with transport money.
Mikey 2’s mom’s health is slowly improving and so once she’s a bit stronger he’ll join his family at Bbello. Mikey 1 is supposed to have hernia surgery this month and if that is the case then we’ll transport him to Macha for that.
We visited with Abraham’s family this morning and mom’s health is improving. It was good to see her sitting up and now she is able to eat solid food. The 5 siblings have re-located to grandparents near Livingstone, so that the husband can focus only on caring for Josephine, the mom. They are a very nice family. Abraham will be going to Livingstone later in November. Please pray for Josephine and for her family as they struggle in so many ways.
Potius is a little character. He is a slight little guy whose dominant feature are his large jowls – like some cartooned politician I’ve seen drawn. He’s always smiling!
Alex’s brother, Modern, came a few days ago to say that the family’s plan for Alex is to stay with an uncle and aunt. They will come and collect him in a few weeks! All Alex’s siblings moved to these same relatives back in July. The aunt is the sister of Alex’s mom. Alex, you’ll remember was the son of a polygamist with 3 wives and his mom was wife #2.
Abigail’s skin continues to give her (and us) grief. She has not had any open wounds though for a few months. Taylor Procyshen, our young Canadian friend who has come for a nice long visit, brought many tubes of Eucerin and other anti-itch cream. Also, I think the oral zinc is making a difference – as her face is starting to clear nicely. We only bath her once a day – so that she doesn’t dry out too much. The scorching hot days of 36 – 41 degrees Celsius is so drying and more drying means more itchiness and more potential for scratching.
Tomorrow I will take Molly and Timmy’s parents to the Social Welfare office again for their second meeting. They will discuss options for Molly and Timmy – foster care or adoption. Whatever the outcome is, let’s pray that Molly and Timmy will soon be in the arms of a loving Christian Zambian family!
Please continue to keep Kasensa babies and their families in your prayers. The approach of reuniting baby with family as soon as possible is catching on within this community. But, how can you go wrong with Psalms 68:6?
See the zambiamissionfundcanada.org website for more information on our philosophy and practice of Orphan Care and also see krogsblog for more detailed stories and photos of the babies and of other ZMF-C events!
Sue and Richard
Baby Monde
For now, I cannot download the photo of the baby and family who came by today to be enrolled in the milk program.
Baby is Monde - she is 8 months old and has weighed the same since about 4 months ago. Her mom has cancer and has been at UTH (University of Zambia Hospital) for the past month. Monde's dad left the family awhile back and re-married. The eldest daughter - age 19 and 2 other sibs are living with their aunt who is a widow and has about 11 kids in total in her care. The eldest sister, Gertrude, is the chief caregiver for the baby, and as well she trying very hard to complete her education. Aunty is very generous with her time and compassion! They will come monthly for milk for Monde and hopefully, Monde will now gain weight. I advised they get Monde re-tested for HIV and also request to start on Septrin - as she has frequent bouts of diarrhea.
Baby is Monde - she is 8 months old and has weighed the same since about 4 months ago. Her mom has cancer and has been at UTH (University of Zambia Hospital) for the past month. Monde's dad left the family awhile back and re-married. The eldest daughter - age 19 and 2 other sibs are living with their aunt who is a widow and has about 11 kids in total in her care. The eldest sister, Gertrude, is the chief caregiver for the baby, and as well she trying very hard to complete her education. Aunty is very generous with her time and compassion! They will come monthly for milk for Monde and hopefully, Monde will now gain weight. I advised they get Monde re-tested for HIV and also request to start on Septrin - as she has frequent bouts of diarrhea.
Joy's birthday - October 31
Happy Birthday, Joy – today!
Granny is here to take her home to the village on Wednesday and for the celebration today. Going home to the village will the best birthday present she can have.
This is a bittersweet day for the Granny - as one year ago today, her daughter died after giving birth to Joy. I'm sure she misses her!
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