By Sham Musyoki (RN)

Today three year old Akuei Teng Ulol was brought to our clinic with extensive burns covering about 36% of his body. The burn was caused from boiling water which poured on him after he was left at home alone without anyone to watch over him. His father carried him from the village of Korking, which is very far, a whole day walking. With daytime temperatures reaching over 120 F, this journey was not an easy one. We’re just so thankful our clinic is here to help them, otherwise what would they do?

This is one of the very many incidences resulting from lack of safety in so many homes and one reason our clinic is shifting its focus more to the community and preventative care. We have started training through the CHE program, Whitney recently taught the Community Health Worker’s (CHW’S) on how to conduct a ‘healthy home’ visit and also Margit has begun her CHW training on Saturday mornings. Our desire is to bring awareness and prevent accidents before they happen by conducting home safety training during our home visits and share ways of making the home area a safe place for the little ones who are quite adventurous in early childhood.

Akuei is doing quite well and is currently admitted in our clinic. Please pray for his quick recovery and also pray for his family.