Medical Needs and Street Kids

The streets have many hazards for young people -- spiritual, social and physical. The street sub-culture encourages kids to steal and lie, to satisfy sexual appetites, to use drugs. And there are many ways to be hurt physically as well. Dennis Baraza was hurt in an accident, his hand broken in two places, and the bones displaced. And he never went to a clinic or doctor. So it "healed" badly. Dennis is too old to come and live at Made in the Streets, but not too old for us to care.

A friend in Colleyville, Texas, supplied the funding, and our supervisor at Eastleigh, Jane Njeri, found Dennis and took her to the hospital. Initial surgery has been done, and it will be completed soon.

There are even hazards out at Kamulu, just as there are hazards in any home anywhere. One of our babies of a street mom, Hollye, swallowed a substance on Saturday. The Team members who were there trust Charles and Darlene, so they called them. Because we did not know what she swallowed, we encouraged something to drink so it would dilute or maybe she would throw up if she needed to. After a bit, she did throw up, and soon was walking around and had lunch and something to drink. Now we are engaged in an effort to make sure that the moms and all the team will feel confident about what to do and whether to do something when something happens to the kids. We need detailed steps to take, without people having to "fill in the blanks" on what to do. So we are at work on that now. Pray for our kids, that they will be protected from hazards, and that street kids will be blessed in the midst of hazards.