A non-graphic image of the children being treated for jiggers. Trust us when we say the photos that accurately display the trauma that jiggers cause are too graphic to share in our newsletter. Please message us if you’d like to see them.
Another jigger clinic went down last weekend and multitudes of individuals had their feet and hands disinfected from the vicious parasite, this time using two removal methods concurrently thanks to a new trial technique advised by the ministry of health.
Unlike the previous clinics, this one was widely painless as the method focuses to suffocate the profound parasites to death on less critical victims. On the other hand, manual removal methods were employed on dire cases whose parasites were intensely superficial. The former method is however still on trial and if proves effective, will widely save the victims much pain during the removal exercise.
Our team this time targeted local pre-schools whose main population learns in dirt floor classrooms with neither desks nor shoes on. It is worth noting that dust provides a breeding haven for jiggers and thus the more dirt floor classrooms there are, the higher the chances of children in them to get infected by these malicious parasites.
With hundreds of beneficiaries to the project, there are still more victims to reach out to still in dire plight and through your prayers, support and our dedicated team of volunteers, together are will save many lives.
