Vanuatu
Vanuatu
We have a few snippets of news for you from Vanuatu.
A young patient called David lost a lot of his possessions in the earthquake in Port Vila last December. In particular he needed kitchen utensils and sunglasses. The sunglasses are particularly important as some leprosy sufferers struggle to blink owing to nerve damage to their faces. Sunglasses help protect the eyes from excessive light and dust. David was very grateful for the help which you enabled for him.
This is a picture of Steven and Annie with their quarterly welfare packages. They also asked for solar lights because if they sleep in the dark, rats come and eat the wounded areas on their feet which have no sensation, due to leprosy. You can see that Steven’s feet are heavily bandaged. When our doctor visits in August he will check Steven and Annie and see is anything can be done to improve the ulcers on their feet.
This is Isaac with his quarterly welfare supplies
In the past, the Foundation funded his children’s school expenses and all the children now have jobs. They help their parents as much as they can, topped up by the monthly supplies from the Foundation. Some of you may have seen the video about Isaac which was shown at donor meetings a few years ago. He was especially unfortunate to have been affected by leprosy and polio! It is lovely to see him looking so well. Thank you for your help for them.
Matea lives in a very remote village on the west coast of Santo
His only access to the village is by boat. He suffers from many ulcers on his feet because of leprosy and has to regularly come to Luganville for medical treatment – his ulcers are finally beginning to heal. Matea will also be checked when our doctor visits in August.
