Today the medical team spent the day seeing the children at Crossroads Academy in Vipingo. In addition to all of the KG and Standard classes, we were also able to see the new graduates! In addition, some of the staff at Crossroads came in for reading glasses.
Today was quite hot, it was only 92 degrees but most thought it felt much hotter. One of the major focuses on medical trips is health promotion education. Today the team taught the kids about the importance of drinking plenty of water and the symptoms of dehydration.
Yvonne, who also joined our medical team last year, consults on many of our cases
Joseph joined us today, his third medical mission with us.
In addition to the conditions found yesterday, there was a higher prevalence of fungal skin infections noted today. 2 children with heart murmurs were identified and will be sent for further assessment with a specialist. Overall we found the children to be healthy, with about 55% reporting no illness.
Again we were so happy to have our Kenyan team with us and got the opportunity to spend more time getting to know them. We know that without them we would not be able to accomplish half of what we do on the medical trips. Many of them we have had the opportunity to serve with in years past.
We had the best help in the pharmacy! They kept up with med dispensing and assisted with dosing.
Tomorrow we look forward to being able to be at the first graduation ceremony for our kids who began at Crossroads Academy as our first KG 3 class! They have worked so hard and now they will begin High School soon.
