10 December 2012
New arrivals at PV
Richard (5½ months) came to us at 4 months old after his mother died; he is the 8th child in his family | |
Emmanuel’s mother died on the operating table at his birth at the end of October. His mother, grandmother and 2 siblings had recently arrived at the refugee camp; another sibling is somewhere in the Congo but his grandmother doesn’t know where or who with. | |
Imelda’s mother has learning difficulties and Imelda (1 year) was admitted at 10 months old with malnutrition. | |
Ivan (approx 4 months) was abandoned when he was about 2 months old. | |
Izabayo (14 months) came to us recently after he was abandoned because his mother couldn’t afford to look after him | |
Jeremiah (3 months) was born to a teenage mother whose family could not look after him |