Monday, April 16, 2007

CCD scabies week

So two weeks in to living in the concrete maze of an orphanage loulou and soph soul sisters realised ccd was not what we had first seemed well was getting more so that way , money funneled from our organization was not reaching the basic need for the boys , halted somewhere between director and carers of boys. they all had forms of scabies , all had worms , and protein that was promised did not arrive in their plates. So we went mother theresa a bit and then burnt out and then fell into blaming all those things and then empowerment but we achieved many things . We got the health minister of west bengal ,lou and i went on a mis with two boys who had infected penises to the hospital found that india does have a basic yet free medicare system, and got chaperoned around the place by the painter of the hospital a highly distinguished fellow with crazy wolverine hair coming out his ears . Anyway the minister loved cricket and Australia was doing well and he arrange a health team to come to ccd.
doctor and nine nurses came like the wind and checked all the boys out . We organized 6 pairs of glasses , a hearing aid , scabies week was real intense , medication and denistry for so many boys . so many stories. So much learning on how to empower boys and the carers what works and what did not.

1 comment:

helen said...

Well done all of you - at least the authorities know now and can keep following up the boys after volunteers move on - no doubt you'll keep in contact and the boys will remember you through enjoying all the fun activities you've created with them like hopscotch, ball games, art walls..,