4th July 09
Some thoughts on projects outstanding from Derek in Burkina Faso
Hi! Derek here.
I'm not whinging about the 4 am start today and 10 hours on buses or 3 hours in a Drs waiting room to see cardiac specialist in Ouagadougou and no my heart is in excellent shape, but thank you for asking !
Yes projects page is fine. new projects; We need Drs for two, 70 bed hospitals in Burkina Faso, serving 25,000 and 27,000 people respectively which presently have no Drs. In fact never have had in past 20 years.
People to prepare and paint the inside walls of the patient rooms and paint enjoyable comic figures, murals whatever on them to catch the eye. walls are of plaster concrete and 20 year old wall and paint is peeling off.
Construction of preschool play area in above 2 hospitals, Mahadaga and Piela to help myriad of small children at hospital learn thru play.
Need money for Bernadette, 17 yr old girl with mitral heart defect probable as result of rheumatic fever get heart operation in Spain, her heart races at 130 beats per minute when she is resting and without surgery her heart will beat itself and her to death !
Need to complete unfinished projects in tello, i.e. sigata island health centre , funded by irish surfers and bonfire needs lit under local villagers (3 villages) to complete for good of community. gavin's house, yes he works at gavin's pace but over last couple of years is actually picking up to moving speed and might actually be started... soon!
Sponsorship of my travel, Emirates airlines has a humanitarian travelling fund and Margaret Reid is looking into that. Any other sources ??? need more spectacles, medicines, volunteers.