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JANUARY 2004 - PART ONE
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Poor Esther Njeri Mchango
The baby was rescued by neighbours from a pit latrine
Story sent by Mrs. Ann Chege of New Hope Children's Centre in Kenya. Mrs. Chege
takes care of 62 orphan children in her home, feeding, clothing and educating them
Greetings to all of you, in the name of the Lord. Just to acquaint you with the latest developments:
On 31st December 2003 I was invited to a function, not so far from our orphanage. Afterwards someone took me to a make-shift shelter in a nearby slum. Inside the hut lay 37yrs-old Rosemary, a mother of 4 kids. Lying next to her was two of her youngest kids: 4yrs-old Amos and 1.5yr-old Esther. Rosemary was sickly, and made mention of the fact shat they had not had a meal for quite some time. When I held both kids in my arms, I realized that they needed urgent help – if at all they were to survive. Rosemary is epileptic, and bears a big wound on her left leg – most likely by reason of an epileptic bout. I took her to our orphanage, to enable us to attend to her and her two kids. Amos Kinyanjui, the 4yr-old, weighs 7.2Kgs (15.87 pounds); Esther Njeri is the youngest girl, 1yr 5 months, and weighs 4.8 Kgs (10.58 pounds). We took all of them to hospital in New Years day. They were given medication, and a special diet was recommended.
According to the neighbours, the youngest child, Esther Njeri Muchango was removed from the latrine by the neighbours. When she was born, the mother threw the baby into the pit latrine. A neighbour heard the baby crying and they rescued the baby. After contributing the money to take the baby to the hospital, the good neighbours agreed to name the baby "mchango" implying that mchango was done to take the baby to the hospital. The hospital record recorded her as Esther Njeri Mchango.
Amos is trying to walk, while Esther can’t even sit down. Our earnest prayer is that these babies will survive – especially baby Esther who is in a bad state. Rosemary’s eldest sons, aged 10 and 15 years, are under the care of their grandfather in the slum, who is jobless. You may view some of the photos (five, attached with this mail) that we took on 31-12-2003 when they arrived at the Home. We may not have enough space in the orphanage yet, but under the circumstances, I think that was the best I could do.
Bye for now.
God bless you
Ann Chege -
New Hope Children's Centre (Uplands) - email - newhopechildren@mail.com - Tel: 00254 733765871, 00254 722601195.
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37-year-old poor Rosemary (right) with Mrs. Ann Chege and the children |
 Mrs. Ann Chege holding the children |
 The poor children |
 A close look of one of the child's back |
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The poor woman with her children |
 A close look at her wounded leg |
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Esther Njeri Mchango - A vote of
thanks 27th January, 2004
I write to this special note to thank all of you who responded to
the appeal posted on misterseed.com website to assist
Rosemary and her siblings. Your selfless efforts helped
raise the generous sum of Kshs 81,000 in a very short notice.
The money raised has now been sent to Mama Anne Chege in Kenya
who will pass the money to Esther’s mother Rosemary in Kenya. My
special thanks go to the following people who made it happen:
Duncan Kamanu, Elais Laichena
Solomon Mugera, Noah Keya
Vincent Mbogoro, Perez Ochieng
Baby Seed, Frank Dubwise
Ayub Manje, Grace Makosewe
Alex Babumba, Gabriel Rwamba
Z. Mbugua, Dedan Gichuhi, George Githunguri (Africa Connexions)
Regina Mukiri, John Wainaina, Sam Ochieng and Mr. Seed
It is my sincere hope that your money and sums accrued from other
similar initiatives will enable Rosemary to take better care of the
children and nurture them on the long way to good health. Once
more, You Kenyans in the UK have shown your commitment towards
changing people’s lives
positively.
May GOD Bless You abundantly.
I will keep you posted on the development of Rosemary and the
children.
Thank you and stay BLESSED.
Sam Ochieng
Kenya Community Support Network
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