Keep a Child Alive

Holiday Feast at ALIVE Medical Services!

From ALIVE Medical Services, our clinic in Kampala, Uganda - we are thrilled to introduce you to Akampumuza Emmanuel. He is one of the HIV positive infants that have been brought to ALIVE Medical Services and are started on anti-retroviral therapy right away! When “Emma” was first brought to ALIVE he had a very bad skin rash, low CD4 count and weighed only 9 kg. We are so incredibly happy to show you Emma today as a strong healthy baby eating well and weighing 10.5 kg now! We have many babies at ALIVE and you can help to keep even more babies like Emma alive by texting ‘ALIVE’ to 90999 to donate $5 to Keep a Child Alive today!

This year for the Holiday Season, we did something new at all of our sites and treated our children and families to a Holiday Feast! At ALIVE Medical Services, there were 1000 clients in attendance all dressed so beautifully for the feast as was Emma ! There were 4 minibuses packed to capacity with children on their parents’ laps that traveled from Kapeeka, a town outside of Kampala to the Church Hall beside the clinic to feast, dance and sing! The Church Hall was full to capacity and the children played outside in the shade. The families feasted on queen cakes, samosas, cookies, sweets, soda and water - and everyone left full! It is so important for all our children and families to have the proper nutrition while on ARV’s to make the treatment successful and we are so happy to be able to give this feast to all our families this December. Our Clinic Director Dr Pasquine Ogunsanya said ‘There was rejoicing and great testimonies of hope, love and new life. There were poems, songs, dancing by the clients and so much fun.’ This means the world to us at Keep a Child Alive in the holiday season - and you can help us to continue this by sending greetings with KCA’s Holiday E-cards - send one here!

If you would like to sponsor a feast of your own or simply help our children and families contact Cheryl Keller at cheryl@keepachildalive.org or donate now.

Happy Holidays from the KCA Staff.

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