Medical Relief, Vaccination, Malnutrition, and Concrete

Medical Relief

Ti-Louis was in an accident. As he was getting on a tap/tap, someone blocked the doorway. As he was half on and half off, the tap/tap took off. In the process, Ti-Louis was knocked unconscious and broke his leg. The tap/tap diver took Ti-Louis to the temporary Cuban hospital in Croix-des-Bouquet. They took good care of him.
Now Ti-Louis needs to get his cast taken off, have the leg cleaned, and possibly put another cast on. Due to political pressure, the Cubans had to shut down their temporary hospital. They referred him to Hospital La Paix (Delma 33). There are some Cuban doctors working in this hospital. Unfortunately, on Thursday, when Ray took him to Hospital La Paix, the doctors did not have the equipment to remove the cast, or casting materials to recast it.
Ti-Louis has a wife and 5 children. He did not have money saved up to take him through a crisis like this. He does not have health insurance. This is a situation that IFM can help with. We gave the family a package of food. We will be taking Ti-Louis to his appointments, and paying for his medical care. If you would like to help Ti-Louis or situations similar to this, please specify that your donations are for "Medical Relief".


Vaccinations, Health Teachings, and Malnutrition:
Yesterday, our nurses and community health agents went to the little village across the lake. Many of these people are very poor, and do not realize the importance of vaccinations, and good health practices. We were able to provide health teachings and vaccinations for these people. Our staff also weighed the children, looking for malnutrition. There are a number of severally malnourished children in this little village. We are planning to provide special nutritional products for these children. If you would like to help us with the costs of disease prevention and community health teachings, or would like to help the malnurished children, please indicate this on your donation.


Concrete


By the school, there is a concrete pad where the children play basketball and practice soccer. A couple weeks ago, a couple of the young guys came to me, asking for cement to fix a few holes in the pad and enlarge the pad. I agreed, and for the past 2 Saturdays, they have been working at it. I do not think that any of them have much experince with concrete. It is interesting watching them learn. In the above picture, my wife allowed Silveson to make spaggetti for the boys to eat. These boys are from very poor homes, and they cannot count on finding food at their house.