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- Healing THe Wounds Of Afghan Children
- On The Scene Mending The Broken
- Constructing Solid Shelter For Quake Victims
- Urgent Need For Afghan Quake Victims- Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core Again
- Urgent Need For Afghan Quake Victims- Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core Again
- Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core
Healing THe Wounds Of Afghan Children
Stopping The Sand Flys' Venom
AFGHANISTAN -"Leishmaniasis." The word itself is difficult to pronounce, but it represents a horrible reality to countless children suffering from this disease. Bites from infected sand flies produce itchy bumps eventually turning into open ulcerations on the bodies of these precious children. Operation Blessing is preparing to rush desperately needed medicines to doctors on the scene!
Your gift of $30, $50, $100 or more will provide emergency relief for the suffering children in Afghanistan and to precious children in other countries in need of medical assistance.
The toddler's dirty hands reach up to scratch the itchy sore on his cheek. An older sister swats his hand as if to stop further infection. Without clean water or medicine, this Afghan child and many others will become physically scarred from the effects of leishmaniasis before they even reach their teens. In the worst cases, lesions may never heal and destroy tissue surrounding the area. For example, the illness can invade the cartilage supporting the outer ear and destroy it.
Leishmaniasis refers to illnesses caused by a type of single-celled parasitic organism called protozoan. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, leishmaniasis exists as a disease in 88 countries with Afghanistan being among the hardest hit. The sand fly acts as the carrier of this protozoan much like the mosquito is a carrier for other diseases.
In recent weeks concerned parents asked for treatment during medical missions to both Istalaf and Lalendar. An Operation Blessing relief worker who returned from Afghanistan commented, "Amost every child I saw suffered from this. The need is real!"
$230 TREATS ONE CHILD
Operation Blessing is preparing to rush desperately needed medicines to doctors on the scene, but we need your help! Life-changing treatment comes in the form of 112 Ketoconazole tablets, costing approximately $230. Your gift of $30, $50, $100 or more will help provide emergency relief for the suffering children in Afghanistan and to precious children in other countries in need of medical assistance.