Friday, 21 December 2012

The last of the donations!

Hi all! With only a week left we wanted to put the rest of the donations to good use. Due to time restrictions we decided to use the little donations we had left to buy some essential items for the children.  We have noticed that the children don't have anything in terms of bandages, antiseptic or pain killers and the doctors costs quite a lot so we thought buying them a medical kit would be of great use. The medical kit we bought has the following items:
-eye drops
-ear drops
-nose drops
-bandages
-antiseptic cream and liquid
-bandages (including band-aids and sprain bandages)
-worming tablets
-cough mixture
-panadol
-anti-diarrhea tablets
-electrolyte sachets (for rehydration)
-muscle rub cream



We also thought it would be great to buy the orphanage a water filter so that the children can have access to fresh drinking water without having to light a charcoal fire, boil the water and then let it cool. Because this is such a time consuming process the children sometimes don't boil the water before drinking it which puts them at risk of catching water-born diseases. Below is the photo of the filter we bought!


With only 1000 Kenyan Shillings (equivalent to about 14 NZ$) left we decided the last thing we would buy for the orphanage would be a new cooking pot: 




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