By Sarah Todd | Project Leader
The school at Lake Tanganyika is usually humming with noise from the children. The students at our school enjoy learning in their classrooms, eating 2 meals a day, and attending after school programs which include sports and skill sessions among other things.
All 200 children attending our school come from the villages surrounding Mpulungu and are considered vulnerable. One of the effects of being a vulnerable child in Mpulungu is having very little access to decent medical care.
Thankfully, we now have a nurse working in our clinic who can see and treat all of the students. Our nurse deals with anything from malaria (which is very common) to wounds that the students get from playing sports, to common colds and stomach aches. This means that our students don’t have to worry about what will happen if they feel sick or get hurt playing soccer; they know that they will be taken care of at school, which gives them the freedom to learn.
Our nurse is also aware of the students who are HIV positive. This allows her to take special care when treating them for a seemingly small illness that could become a bigger problem if someone is positive.
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