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Suffering Ends for Indian Girl

In poorer nations throughout the world, intestinal parasites leave thousands children malnourished and prone to sickness or even death. Young children are especially vulnerable to this problem. Choose Gift #3 in our Holiday Catalog. You gift can bring relief to children like Nirmal...

Nirmal’s beautiful brown eyes told a story of pain and discomfort. Her little hands were covered with raw wounds and scars. She didn’t have the energy of a healthy child. The Indian girl’s mother was worried, but there wasn’t a doctor nearby. Even if a doctor might have been available, the family didn’t have any extra money to pay for medical care.

Nirmal’s family is a part of the Bhil tribe. They live in the remote Bhil village of Goika. Families eat bread made from maize crops and vegetables cooked with ginger, chilies and garlic. In times of drought, villages are abandoned and they go to big cities to find manual labor jobs. Motorized transportation, electricity, clean drinking water, hospitals and schools are almost nonexistent. Their language, Bhil, has no written form. This has segregated them from the outside world.

The people living in Goika have experienced terrible malnutrition. Basic health and hygiene practices were nonexistent. Many of the villagers suffered from scabies, internal parasites, malaria and typhoid.

Earlier this year a volunteer medical team from OBI India heard about the Bhil people’s horrible situation and set up a temporary clinic. With great expectations, Nirmal’s mother brought her daughter to the clinic. A doctor examined Nirmal and determined that she was suffering from scabies and parasites. Equipped with soothing ointment, an anti-biotic and vitamins, her mother learned how to care for scabies as well as how to keep the disease from spreading to others.

Nirmal also took one of two doses of Albendazole. Just two of these small pills, taken six months apart, will clear a child’s system of parasites! Nirmal’s energy level will increase because the food’s energy will go to her instead of feeding the internal parasites. A local paramedic gave Nirmal and 19 other boys and girls their second dose last month.

Join Us: Give Parasite Medication to Children

It takes just ten cents a year to purchase the medicine needed to treat a child suffering with parasites. The result is a restoration of their health and physical development. .

Your gift of $75 to treat 750 kids or $30 to treat 300 boys and girls.



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