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On this day, as usual dozens of men and women were lining up at the village of Tol when we arrived for our outreach work on Tuesday. Most had been waiting for us since early in the morning, the problem is that being thin on the ground we cannot leave the clinic until we have reduced the number of patients in the clinic too.

About an hour later, many in the mostly vulnerable group had filled up. “I’ve got high blood pressure, and it’s a struggle to go to the doctors, to get the money to go,” said Malium who is aged 106 years old.

So we are grateful when you come to old people like me who can’t walk long distances. There is usually nobody looking out for us. We usually have to look out for ourselves.”

Watching out for them on this particular day were a group of village health volunteers and the team from the Karin Clinic, a plan to spread the gospel of health habits across the village was on the agenda.

“One man told me he does not eat much. A lot of people we talked to were concerned with their blood [pressure.

At Tol village stations were set up where the volunteers helped in taking blood pressure and measured blood glucose levels for about 60 people.

Tol villagers also received lessons in health eating and good hygiene practices. As I continued to monitor the work taking place, Malium came to thank me and shared with me her experiences while she was abducted during the war. She had broken her hand when she tried to resist going away with the rebel group. Years later, she had a reconstructive surgery done to correct the damage caused to her hand. She offered the outreach team her home as our outreach post with all the necessary furniture needed. She is very appreciative with the work Karin is doing in the community.

The greatest lessons that we learnt during our time here is the connection we develop with the community. And that through us we are connecting them with resources. The older generation is often neglected, it’s the difference we make in helping people who did not know that they can get help.

In Agonga village, among the Hypertensive cases, we met Santina Ojele aged 62 years lives in the neighbourhood. She had a Blood pressure of 167/120. During counseling and declaring of results, she mentioned that she had had never imagined she would have high blood pressure. Much as she mentioned familiar clinical of hypertension she did not seek medical attention. Santina Ojele was very thankful to the Karin Clinic for reaching out to them.

Santina is one of the many community members who have hypertension or diabetes or both undiagnosed without even being aware of the need to seek medical attention

“The difference you make is helping people explore and understand how to get help,” Evelyn commented afterwards. Its listening and showing that you care.

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