Today is #GivingTuesday. We don't very often explicitly ask if you might consider giving to Medair. But today we would like to do just that!
As you know from previous blogs our nutrition activities in the Rohingya refugee camp have been severely restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are now focusing our services on severely malnourished children as well as pregnant and lactating women. Instead of nutrition sites full to capacity seeing 300-500 children and women each day the nutrition sites are seeing 15-30 per day. We are continuing to provide double rations and soap, and have adapted our services to focus on the most vulnerable.
Check out the video below that was made today by Rashed, our Site Supervisor in Camp 11 nutrition site. You will see examples of how we are implementing COVID-19 prevention at the site. Follow the steps of thermal screening, hand-washing, social distancing, only measuring MUAC (mid upper arm circumference) instead of weight and height, and COVID-19 messaging. And see how success is possible during COVID-19 in the life of one little girl.
Conversely, our two health clinics are scaling up their activities (as you might imagine)! And the need for PPE for our health workers is crucial (the logs team is both testing PPE we have purchased in country and working at importing PPE from Dubai). Besides carrying on their normal primary health care activities, they are also setting up isolation spaces for cases that they suspect could be COVID-19. They would not care for any such cases at the sites, but would refer those cases on to a isolation facility. In addition they will be providing health services to a quarantine unit. And they are needing to do similar screening of patients as what you see in the video with full PPE.
Giving Tuesday comes at a strange time for all in our world. We are, rightly so, focused on care for our families. Thank you for considering supporting the life-saving work of Medair for the most vulnerable around the world during this time as well! You can contribute to Medair (without leaving your contact details) here: https://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/medair/
Phil & Christine
Thank you, Phil and Christine, for serving in the refugee camps of Bangladesh. We've given a gift in support of your work and to partner with you, even in a small way, from Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! We really appreciate the partnership!
ReplyDeleteWe are blessed to hear of the work that you and your colleagues are doing. We will continue praying for God's provision and grace for the people and work that you do!
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