#savethebabies: Help Children Rise out of Poverty

Meet Medgine, a sweet little 10 month old. She was just admitted to the Rescue Center at Real Hope for Haiti. Through your amazing support, we're working to meet all of Real Hope's diaper needs, so they can focus on helping Medgine and the other 57 inpatient children recover from extreme malnutrition and other medical challenges. 

She is suffering from malnutrition and edema, and has been refusing to eat. Her mother said she began losing her appetite about three months ago, and also frequently had a fever. Medgine's grandmother thought it was just teething. No one else at home was sick, and she hasn't had diarrhea or a cough. She was breastfed for her first three months of life, but then was switched to flour water. Her Mom hadn't taken Medgine to a clinic sooner, because she hasn't had any money for food or medical care. Medgine and her mother live with her grandmother, her mother's two siblings, and perhaps other people. Her father is not involved in her care.

Through Real Hope's inpatient program, Lord willing, she'll slowly recover and go back home. If  needed, her family can become part of the food box program, where Real Hope provides donated rice meals from another nonprofit. There is no other nonprofit that does quite what we do: provide the basic need of diapers. Together, we're making a difference. 

Thank you for providing diapers to Medgine, so she can stay clean and dry as she recovers. Be sure to check out our latest news segment here, where we talk about our work in Haiti and beyond. 

Links:

• See Jake's Diapers on WBAY!