Turkana area in Kenya suffers a major problem of child malnutrition. There are numerous international volunteers move with the aim of training new generations to lead the ways of his tribe and region. But if that goal never achieved without improving the health and nutritional status of children.
To give visibility to the situation of local residents and volunteers move there, the Hospital de Dénia exposes a collection of photographs that show the work that the pediatrician of the center, Luis Santos, has recently done in Turkana.
The doctor has joined the work done over 15 years ago the NGO Pablo Horstmann Foundation y Aztivate in which paediatricians and nurses travel volunteers to pass health checks for school children.
Professionals make a special emphasis on nutrition, as schools spread 2 own meals and an extra supply of nutritional supplements for children who are diagnosed with severe or moderate malnutrition. So on Sunday, no school, is a day of fasting required for these children.
All children diagnosed with severe malnutrition must be taken to local hospital Lokitaung, in which Pablo Hostmann Foundation has adequate room for pediatricians and nutricionisas treat children. However, the provision of this infrastructure is not enough for the most serious cases and should be referred to the Hospital of Lodwar, located about 5 hours drive.
Although health care in Kenya is free, additional tests and accommodation and meals for your family is not, so many can not afford the trip to access a higher level of treatment and care.
That is why the exhibition of photographs that are now exposed at the Hospital de Dénia is selling each image at a symbolic price of 40 euros in order to collaborate with the initiative and help alleviate the situation of malnutrition living hundreds of children in this area, raising funds to improve the nutritional status and health infrastructures in the Kenyan region.
In this project, the Hospital de Dénia thus adheres to the Rotary Club, which works in the area with the Pablo Horstamnn Foundation.
