Dale Aitken

Peer Education

Following a Previous post, here is more of what the young people do: Another session conducted is Center stage; where participant do different categories like drama “theatre”, music, poetry, and dance. The aim of this session is to do team building, encourage them to work together as a team. The participants need to group themselvesContinue reading “Peer Education”

Peer Education

We are funding a peer education programme in four of the secondary schools in Masoyi, and have had a report on some of the May activities. This is part of that report: One of the sessions conducted this month, we have conducted self-development big YES and big NO where our peer educators develop their selfContinue reading “Peer Education”

More sickness

More from Frank & Ruthie’s final newsletter: We visited a very sick baby girl. Her granny was caring for her, as her mother was working part time. The granny was suicidal and sick on ARV’s. The baby was HIV+ as well as having TB. We drove them to the clinic and the baby was takenContinue reading “More sickness”

Visiting the sick

More from Frank & Ruthie’s April newsletter: R. is another patient of Hovy’s who lives alone in a shack. He is a very gentle man, who loves the Lord. He was working and building himself a house before he got sick with TB. I prayed for him, gave him a Bible and food. I tryContinue reading “Visiting the sick”

Mental challenges, physical challenges

More news from Frank and Ruthie’s recent visit to Masoyi: P. is a patient we apparently saw last year. He is on ARV’s [anti-retroviral medicine] and was recently in a car accident. He is on crutches and has pins in his leg. He has 2 daughters and no wife. His one daughter is mentally challengedContinue reading “Mental challenges, physical challenges”

Rape, Identity documents, Medication

From Frank and Ruthie Wey: Yesterday, Bethuel in Legogote told us about an eight-year old who stayed with her granny right down the road from the clinic. She was raped by an HIV+ man. So very horrible! Bethuel and some others were going to the police station to protest the abuse of children. Thank GodContinue reading “Rape, Identity documents, Medication”

Abandoned as a baby

From Frank and Ruthie Wey (now back in the US): X. is 18 years old with a one year old and a 2 month old. She is HIV+ and so are her children. Patricia [nurse]was very concerned as she was not taking her ARV’s properly and not administering them well to her children. She alsoContinue reading “Abandoned as a baby”

Living without…

For the last few months, more than half the volunteers in Masoyi have had no incentive payments of any kind… It is hard to imagine what that means. For some, there may be someone in the family in work; for some, there may be a child grant; for some, there will be nothing. Please prayContinue reading “Living without…”

Violent husbands, and…

News from Frank and Ruthie: Gogo S is a woman from Mozambique, whom we met in Jerusalem. She is on ARV’s and has a painful right hip. Apparently her husband used to beat her with a wooden stick. Thank the Lord he is no longer staying with her. We gave her a Bible, prayer andContinue reading “Violent husbands, and…”

Anti-retroviral treatment

News from Frank and Ruthie: Jane is on ARV’s and was on TB treatment for some time. She had an itchy rash on her face and body. When Lorancia (nurse) checked her medications, she discovered some had expired! The workers threw them away and advised her to return to the clinic. She had no foodContinue reading “Anti-retroviral treatment”