One of the many inspirational stories we are happy to
share from our Project S.A.V.E. family
The container
arrives!
Hello Everyone,
A lot has been happening!! I just returned to the farm
from a workshop that the Kazungula District Health Ministry
decided I should attend.
The workshop was PMTCT: Preventing
Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. It was a two-week
course sponsored by Boston University. Boston University is
supplying HIV test kits, RPR test kits (for testing for
syphilis) and Antiretroviral medications or ARVs for HIV
treatment to Zambia and so they decided to also sponsor some
of the training to the health centers. All in all a good
class with updated national guidelines.
The second exciting thing happened of course while I was in
Choma… the Container arrived on the farm! A call was sent
out late at night to all the villages and at 8am the
following morning, 30 or more volunteers came in force to
unload the 40 foot truck loaded with medical goodies. All
the contents were put into a large storage room adjacent to
the church. Sal promised he wouldn't touch anything until I
got home so we could go through it together.
The first things we pulled out were IV poles so we don't
have to move nails from place to place. Then we moved in
the hospital beds…3 in the male ward and 4 in the female
ward. We put two beds on one side of the Maternity Suite for
those ladies in labor and the Delivery Bed on the other
separated by a curtain.
We even plugged in some beds with
transformers and demonstrated how the head and feet go up
and down…our staff were amazed and took turns lying on the
beds. I think today we are going to dig out the
Ultrasound!
There is still so much to go through….it will
take some time and perhaps some reorganization of rooms, but
we have been blessed and we thank God for always providing
what we need when we need it.
Weekly outreach to Kasiya is going strong. People are
waiting every Wednesday morning as we pull in with the Land
Rover filled with packed supplies and medicines. We have
been averaging over 100 regular patients every week and when
we add Under 5 week or Child Health week, we cross over the
200 mark! A relationship is being built as we provide care.
Please continue to pray for us here at the clinic…not just
Sal and I, but all the staff as we are moving in unchartered
waters! Thank you again for all your love and support.
With our love and gratitude,
Sal and Renee
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