Day four
Massimo
Let me introduce you to Massimo. He is an Italian gentleman who funded the construction of the “hogar” as well as purchased the land it was built on. He is visiting for 6 weeks and is giving the entire building a new coat of paint. It is looking green and great! He continues to fund some of the hogars costs and last year, purchased a mototaxi whose profits are also used by the hogar. Unfortunately, at some point after he left last time, the taxi was taken off the road . It’s back in business now making money for the orphanage.
Uniforms
We spent some time with Dona Delsy (the owner of the hogar) this morning catching up on information about the hogar. She showed us some of the school uniforms that Robert had donated money for and we talked about the supply of vitamins and anti-parasitics she received from Patricia Havener (Cristo Salva). A group called Vitamin Angels supplies thousands of children in Honduras with ongoing micronutrient supplements. We inquired about immunization records for the children and will meet with her tomorrow to go through these records, then establish which children may need to be taken to the clinic to be updated. Tomorrow we will also need to visit the water depot as Dona Delsy said the water didn’t arrive today and we think the funds we supplied last visit must have run out.
Hannah, Jean-Mari, Christianne
Rosa, the mother of the child with the infection we had taken to the Doctor yesterday reported that the babe was somewhat better and had no fever this morning. Later in the day I was able to take a look at the lesions. His face looks better and I will monitor the other lesions throughout this week. We’ll take them back to the Dr. on Monday.
In the afternoon Robert, Christiane and I visited the hogar. Robert spent some time at a playground with some of the children while Christiane and I re-enforced some of the dental teaching from the previous day.