{"id":2330,"date":"2012-01-17T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2012-08-15T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T16:32:38","slug":"ready-to-serve-east-africa-update-and-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/01\/ready-to-serve-east-africa-update-and-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Serve&#8211;East Africa Update and Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an update from our partner Medical Teams International. MTI is providing medical relief for many victims of the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDr. Kwan Kew Lai, from Belmont, Mass., recently worked with hurting people along the Kenya\/Somali border for Medical Teams International \u2013 thanks to the support of Covenant World Relief. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She soon witnessed how difficult it was to reach people who desperately needed medical care. An estimated 4 million people in the region need assistance.<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fighting in the region as well as weather conditions complicate delivering care that people need. Sometimes, months of drought and famine turn roads into dust. Then, fall rains deluge those dirt roads, turning them into impassable, muddy ponds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Volunteers, like Dr. Lai, had to be ready to move when a helicopter was available so they could reach people stranded at remote mobile clinics. Many of those people would not receive care for days and weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI saw a number of malnourished children, anemia, pica, worm infestation and fungal skin infections seemed quite rampant,\u201d Dr. Lai said after visiting one clinic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI drained a foot abscess of a youngster who fell off a tree and poked his foot with a thorn, cleaned a machete wound on a hand.\u201d She added, \u201cA cute baby had a bad case of impetigo but was still smiling despite all that uncomfortable sores.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2332\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/01\/Update-12.20.11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/01\/Update-12.20.11-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/01\/Update-12.20.11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/01\/Update-12.20.11.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you for your continued prayers and gifts to help our Medical Teams International volunteers and staff deliver life changing outreach in 2012.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the conditions in East Africa are still incredibly devastating, yet the area is receiving little, if any, media attention. Please pray for our brothers and sisters in the Horn of Africa, and consider giving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/disasters\/africa-drought\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=2330&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an update from our partner Medical Teams International. 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