Rescue a Malnourished Child in Guatemala

This kid lives in a community called San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango with his parents and two older sisters of 3 and 8 years old. His house is made of Adobe, cement floor and sheet metal roof. They have been living there for 9 years; they have access to electricity and clean water.

His mom is illiterate; she never had access to an education because since she was a little girl – 11 years old - she was forced to work as a maid for other people, to wash clothes and to take care of her other siblings.  His dad is a farmer and he work hard every day to have a daily income to support the family needs.

He has always been very sick with fevers and colds. He was submitted to the Hospital of Chimaltenango due to high fevers that where cause by an infection but they didn’t know what kind. They first thought that were caused by a hepatitis but later on they diagnosed an Intestinal Infection because he started to have diarrhea and vomiting symptoms. He was discharge from the Hospital after 6 days so he went home.

The mom says that he wasn’t getting better so she instead brought him to the National Hospital of Antigua where he was diagnosed with Severe Malnutrition and stomach infection; he referred him to our hospital and he came with us on August 7^th, 2019.

Brayan has been recovering but he’s still not ready to go home.

He is starting to crawl since when he arrived, he had no strength in his legs. He likes to play and listen to music, sleep normally and eat quite well.

 He stills neither say no words nor walk but you can see the desire in his eyes to achieve it someday.

As this kid, we have many children annually who need nutritional support to recover and be one day their best version and we couldn’t make it possible without your help and support.

YOU are big part of this change!