By David Barram | Communications Manager
The kids at Makindu Children's Center continue to need your help, especially those living with HIV!
The 46 infected children under the care of Makindu Children's Center receive monthly checkups and anti-retroviral medications. All have adhered well to their medication regimen. However, during this COVID pandemic, these kids remain at extreme risk due to their compromised immune systems. Proper nutrition, sanitation counseling, handwashing stations and masks have been provided to each child and guardian. This comprehensive effort has been instrumental in keeping the kids healthy, and we are proud and relieved to report that no child has become infected with COVID to date.
Those that live walking distance to the Children's Center visit daily for a hot nutritious breakfast, and/or hot lunch. For those that live far away from the Center, emergency bulk food of maize, rice, beans, and cooking oil has been delivered to the households monthly. This daily intake of proper nutrition is key to maintaining a healthy immune system. To further supplement the daily nutrition, the Children's Center farmer delivers fresh produce to the families with HIV. We are lucky the borehole that was drilled in 2014 continues to provide irrigation for the crops, a blessing in the drought stricken region of Makindu.
We appreciate your continued support in helping these children get the care that they so desperately need! The services that the Center is able to provide to these children helps change their lives for the better and allows them to thrive in a happy, healthy life!
Asante sana!
Thank you!
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