Lorencia, one of the Patient Care team members, happened to see Q. emerging from a pile of corrigated iron after visiting a patient at Jerusalem. She asked the driver to stop so that they could inquire more about the lady. They found out that Q. seemed to suffering from depression, because of the things sheContinue reading “A Happy Meeting”
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Rain is good – leaking house is bad!
We have been providing food parcels to the M. family for a while now: P., 19, and her baby, C.; S., 10; and P., 9 – all girls. Sellinah, their care worker writes: “Upon the food delivery, I found P. at the house. S. and P. were still at school. I found that the waterContinue reading “Rain is good – leaking house is bad!”
Let’s make music!
You may remember that last year a local music charity supplied the Youth Skills Centre, K3, with instruments and a teacher. They supplied another centre in Hazyview, north of Masoyi, in a similar way but it was not successful; so they have now re-located to K2, the Project’s main base. Here, literally hundreds of childrenContinue reading “Let’s make music!”
How do you take this medicine?
We visited a male patient aged 45, taking ARV and TB treatment but not recovering. We thought that he is mixing tradition treatment with ARV’s; he was living in a dirty environment. He also told us that he was not drinking other tablets cause the nurses from the clinic never taught him how to. WeContinue reading “How do you take this medicine?”
An Act of Kindness
Constance is a house-building assistant at the Project. She herself had been a destitute child who had been rescued by the Project. S. and her children were waiting for a new house to be built for them, when her youngest son had pneumonia and died after a short illness. “S. is currently safe and sheContinue reading “An Act of Kindness”
Defaulted on treatment
We visited a male patient aged 42. He was on ARV treatment for ten years, and then he defaulted and he became sick and weak. On arrival, he was mentally disturbed, and his brother was helping him. His feet were swollen and painful, and he was using chair to mobilize.
Painful joins and swelling feet
We visited a female patient aged 59, and taking ARVs treatment. We asked her for how long was she taking treatment and told us that it is 4 years. She complained of painful joins and swelling feet and told us that she is not working and depending on neighbours. We advised her to elevate herContinue reading “Painful joins and swelling feet”
Aged 90!
We visited a female patient aged 90 years old. She is HIV-positive and she was taking care of her child that was HIV positive and she was not using gloves while she was bathing her. Now she hired a lady who is taking care of her, because she is living alone. On our arrival sheContinue reading “Aged 90!”
In denial
This is a 55-year old male client in Mahushu. He is TB and HIV-positive, and not drinking his treatment because he believes that his been witched, so he uses traditional herbs. He has been bedridden from July until now, but he is still in denial stage. He don’t want to drink his treatment. We visitedContinue reading “In denial”
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