Ray of Hope

On Friday May 19, 2017 I joined community health nurses (CHN) from the hospital and traveled 3 miles Northwest of Ankaase to Dumakyi, a small farming community, to conduct vaccination screening, also known locally as a health outreach program. Dumakyi lacks running water, electricity and basic public transportation. Residents, mostly cocoa farmers living in mud thatched houses, walk to the hospital, 3 miles away, when they are sick. The distance and lack of transportation discourages them from bringing their children for scheduled clinical review and obtaining the required vaccinations. To combat this problem, CHNs visit and vaccinate the children right in their backyard. CHNs setting up under the teak tree. Some students milling about the place before class. We arrived at 9:30 am on Friday morning and set up office under a teak tree in front of the local primary/middle school. Despite bringing the free vaccination exercise to the community, parents are still reluctant to

Today is Mother’s Day .  I want to use this medium to wish all the wonderful women out there who have worked and are working tirelessly to bring up the next generation, a Happy Mother’s Day . God bless all the mothers in our lives for their sacrifices and the unconditional love they show us. As we celebrate our mothers, I am reminded of this wonderful news. A few weeks ago (March 25), I wrote about a young girl who was burned as a toddler and whose hand became deformed due to the post-burn wound management. Thanks to a generous donor, Melissa underwent a successful hand surgery on Tuesday May 9, 2017 to correct this deformity. The post-operative period was unremarkable and she was discharged on Saturday May 13. To God be the Glory. Right before the surgery. Rev Rodgers holding onto Melissa; her mother, wearing the brown jacket, When Melissa’s uncle heard about the kindness being shown to her niece by strangers, he decided to give his life to Christ. How amazin