Two new children

We have 2 new babies from Kwa Mhlanga, a very poor rural area about 80 kilometers to the northeast of Johannesburg. This is village were Lambano’s founder is now working on a large project.

The new boy is 2 years old and he is HIV+, has TB and is badly malnourished. We had to give him a blood transfusion last week to speed up the recovery from the malnutrition. This has certainly helped, but as soon as he started improving he got chickenpox. His mother died last year and his grandmother has been taking care of him.

The other child who is also HIV+, is 7 months old but looks like a new born baby. She is also from Kwa Mhlanga - her mom died 2 weeks ago and her Aunt is looking after her. When she arrived at Lambano she was so ill we had to have her admitted to hospital. While in hospital she will also be tested for dwarfism as her limbs seem to be too short for her length.


Randy, one of the workers from Kwa Mhlanga, told us there are more than a hundred children like these two in that area. We will try to help as many of these children as we can, but we are severely limited in terms of space. This is why we are trying to source funds to build an eight to ten bed hospice in the near future.


Please pray for all these children