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| April 2014
Report |
| We continue to
look at how our work should develop, both here and in Uganda,
and hope to have more information on ‘restructuring’
next month. In Uganda we’re looking at how Acheru might be
improved and used to capacity, while in the north, we’ve
been considering proposals for the work there. As we continue to
develop our Minakulu base, we want to look at a more flexible
approach to how we can react to need over a wide area. We are
now trying to implement a number of initiatives and hope these
will quickly result in more children being helped. |
| Some more
stories from Acheru: |
| Regan, now aged
7, was first treated in 2011, but deteriorated at home and has
now been brought back. He suffers from cerebral palsy and was
severely malnourished, but is now showing significant
improvement. His mother says: “I have a husband who
doesn’t care about our children, he spends his time in bars
drinking alcohol and looking for more women, sometimes he beats
me up. My husband comes home for food and having children with
me. I am helpless and live very far deep in the village where I
cannot access medical services and find it hard to raise
transport and medical bills for Regan. His father calls him a
curse and doesn’t want to know about him. I stay with my
children in a one room hut which is leaking when it rains. Some
people in the village say my son is possessed with demons so I
have to consult witch doctors. Everybody thought he was dying. I
was keeping him for his last breath; I had no hope of bringing
him back to life.” |
| Wasswa Ivan is
17 years old. He lost his leg in an accident and failed to get
proper treatment in a number of hospitals before being brought
to Acheru. He says: “Wounds started healing but a small
wound remained, it started smelling and I went back to hospital
where I was given medicine and dressings but it was not healing
for two years, maggots started coming out of the wound. People
thought I had cancer, I knew it was not curable and was just
waiting for the day to die but with God’s mercy, love and
care, through Acheru and CoRSU several surgeries were performed
and I got an artificial leg. People cannot tell that I have one
leg. I am so happy, thank you Acheru and CoRSU, thank you God.” |
| Martin
Ssempijja suffered severe burns, and his mother blamed a
neighbour. She says “he couldn’t stand anymore nor
walk as he used to. Surgery was expensive and we couldn’t
afford it, then a lady whose child was treated at Acheru
directed us there. We thought it would be expensive but it has
not been. |
| With God’s
grace, love and mercy everything is possible. I am a Muslim but
since I came to Acheru I have been treated emotionally and
psychologically. I was mad at my neighbour and felt it was hard
for me to forgive her but after staying at Acheru my heart has
changed and I forgive her with all my heart, when I go home we
are going to be friends again. As a family we are so happy for
the great work done and love showed to us by lovely people in
Acheru.” |
| Brian Dorman |
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