Alice has been in Amecet before, she lived with her mother, but the mother has a mental illness. We have cared for Alice when she was very weak and malnourished, we have tried to re-settle her back in the community, to relatives, but that did not work out. She was back with her mother. Today we were asked by the Police, the local counselor from the place where she lived with her mother and the social worker from the hospital, to come and to take Alice. Alice is getting wild, she is begging on the street, walking alone in town, she is 4 years old now. The mother is not able to care for her. So via the Police Alice came back in Amecet. I walked in the house, when she was eating at the table, she stopped and waved, still knew me, She is a funny girl, very active, but you can really see that she has been wild on the street. Sad a little girl of 4 years.....
Today, we got another intake, baby Anna. There is a similarity with Alice, her mother has also a mental illness. But her mother is more aggressive, the baby was in danger. The mother was talking about killing her.. She refused to breastfeed and the family was desperate. So we picked her from the village. baby Anna is 5 days old and her weight is 2.6 kg. we will take her to the doctor tomorrow, the mother delivered her on her own in the bush. the baby needs to be checked...
Sunday afternoon we were called to the hospital to pick baby Samuel. He was born on the same day as baby Anna, by a Cesarean operation. His mother is very sick, Today I went to check on her, she is still hanging on, but in a very serious condition. We pray she will make it. Samuel is a very cute baby, but he doesn't drink so well, vomits a lot. He has put on IV medication, because he developed a fever.
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