Singing & Drawing through her last days

"Bayu" had retinoblastoma. She was admitted to Rachel House when her treatment was no longer working. Bayu spent her last days drawing and singing while her symptoms and wounds were being managed by the nurses who adored her.

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Pediatric Hospice for the poor in Indonesia

Indonesia Children

Center for Health Market Innovations

Rachel House plans to recruit 6 additional nurses to provide palliative care service for children in East and North Jakarta in the final stages of cancer and HIV, free of charge. Without the service, many children from poor families spend their last days in horrific pain without medical assistance. In the 3 years since it began providing the service, its 5 nurses has managed to reach more than 150 children in the final stages of cancer and HIV, to help ensure that no child would die in pain.

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