Our Work
Thank You, Nurses!
Written by Francis Mbatha
Our nursing team met today, discussing how to better serve their patients in 2012. According to Ann Mulwa, the BKKH Nursing and Allied Services Manager, the points of discussion were a SWOT Analysis, setting objectives for 2012, addressing nursing issues and the immediate way forward for the team. Please pray for the nurses as they deal with the day-to- day issues of children in the wards.
"Teach him the basics"
Written by Gray Marchetti
BethanyKids’ Neuro Mobile Clinic visited Joytown Primary School last Friday. They evaluated over 40 children from the primary and secondary school, and outpatients from the community. The team asked specific questions about each child’s condition and its side effects. One nurse, Eunice Kagai, said children with incontinence need to be seen annually for bladder evaluation and a renal ultrasound.
"Never tire of doing what is good"
Written by Dr. Dan Poenaru
It was "just" another trip to Dadaab, like the dozens that we have taken before over the past 5 years. Heat, dust, lots of needy children with neglected surgical conditions. And yet, things were different this time around. The patients were all there, but there was a desperation, a helplessness that I had not seen before. There were also hundreds, thousands, of refugees chaotically settled in make-shift areas across the camps. And there were mothers with emaciated children in their arms and sad, expressionless faces. This past summer the famine in the Horn of Africa had started, and I was face-to-face with some of the realities of this humanitarian disaster. Over the next few months our little organization, BethanyKids, had to grapple with ways to respond to this crisis, to continue bringing "healing and hope" to the children whom God had placed in our path.
Baby Erick
Written by Justus Marete
Our staff met Erick at the Embu mobile clinic. Baby Erick had surgery at the hospital three months ago. When he came to the mobile clinic, our social worker realized that his young parents couldn’t afford to bring him back to the hospital for follow-up surgery he needed urgently. Our clinic staff made room in the car and drove back to the hospital with the baby and his mom. Eric had the surgery immediately and is recovering well.
God Bless You, Friends
Written by Leann Vernon
Thank you, friends, for your prayers this year. We are grateful to you for your faithfulness. To help children receive healing and hope, click the link to the right or send a donation to :
PO Box 1297
Abingdon, VA 24212-1297
Last Updated on Saturday, 24 December 2011 09:53
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