Medical Needs

In Zambia it is so hard with the multitude of needs that there are. Medical needs are huge and conditions are often left until it is too late. On Sunday we meet Gullivers at Samfya West church - he was sitting behind us. His eyes are all puffed up and the pupils of his eyes are not clear and sharp. He has had some treatment that did not work, but he needs proper medication - as we know sight is so important! We are having him sent to Mansa Hospital which has an eye clinic and we trust a proper diagnosis of his problems. It seems that with the allergy he has there is also infection and potential damage to his eyes. We trust that intervention is not too late.

The second boy (picture to come) has badly deformed feet and will not get a fair education in the normal school system. There is a mission school and hospital at Mambalima that helps physically handicapped children and provides education. We will refer him to this mission and see what can happen to help him and his family. Unfortunately his feet could have been treated with early intervention as a small child, but now it is much more difficult.

How do you respond to such needs? We don’t have the resources to cover all the needs, however we can make a difference for some. If you want to help with such needs, please let us know by email.

Tomorrow (Thursday) we are travelling to the Copperbelt for leadership training meetings with graduates from the Kalalushi area. We will travel through the Pedacle Road which is in D.R. Congo - it is much faster. While in the Copperbelt we also plan to send our Emergency Travel Documents to London so that the High Commission there will release our new passports. Unfortunately they would not allow us to keep the ETD’s and then get new Passports at the same time. Please pray that these come through quickly and that we don’t have any immigration issues with officials here or in Congo!!