Sunday 18 August 2013

Update on Natalia and Tabita

Rosalia & Tabita on day of hospital visit
You may recall that last December I wrote about  2 girls that Adina was supporting with hospital consultations and who were being funded with growth hormone treatment via daily injections.  Both are doing well and can be seen here before one of their hospital visits.

Although I have not seen Tabita this trip, I did yesterday with Adina visit Natalia and her extended family.  Natalia is now 8 years old and shares one room with her parents and 9 siblings.  Another baby died aged 3.  Mum is seen here with the latest addition to the family aged just 4 weeks.  Mum by the way is aged 34.  The last birth was a C section and she gave consent to sterilisation at the time.
I love this water melon!

Baby No.11
The entire family, including gran and grampa and another 2 daughters and their families live under one roof, with each family having use of one room.  Last evening we arrived with 2 huge water melons which we cut up and shared with the family in their garden. It was lovely to spend value time with this family who are poor and live in substandard conditions.



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