Life Savers

During our follow up at Kwahu Praso the other day, we got verification that the water treatment system and education has had a positive material effect in lower the instances of infant GI problems.

We did not ask this question - Mr. Tete the senior person at Kwahu Praso volunteered it.  In addition, yesterday the operator conference the head of midwives at Kwahu Praso verified it again in her conversations with Chalmers.

In previous year's blogs I have written about water borne diseases effects on infant GI tracts - not good and easily slips in the infant into a non-reversible state of dehydration and ultimately death.  It (dehydration) is the #1 cause of infant mortality around the world.

We didn't start the journey to put a water treatment system and education in Kwahu Praso 3-4 years ago with the specific objectives to stop babies from dehydrating - we are not even close to being that good.  What we wanted to do was give what we believed were passionate & committed people working at the health clinic in Kwahu Praso a new resource, a new tool, a new solution - maybe we could say a primary source for life AND then let them figure out how to use this new resource to save lives.

Francis Kumar (previous senior physicians tech), Daniel Tete, Winfred Tete, Julia, Paulina, Stefan, etc. - these people are saving lives everyday.  Remember Chalmers telling someone how to get to Kwahu Praso...."you drive and drive and drive and drive until you get to the middle of nowhere - then you drive another 10 miles - then you are at the Kwahu Praso Health Clinic".  This is where these life savers reside 24/7 sometimes.

One more thing - the PCG has another 48 health clinics just like Kwahu Praso AND the Evangelical Presbyterian Church has another 50 too!