Kibosho Village

On Thursday, Kelly and I headed to Kibosho, a village ouside of Moshi, with an OT from the clinic and 3 community health workers.  The staff at CCBRT makes frequent visits into various villages to check up on children that do not have the means to make it to the clinic.  We did follow ups at 5 different homes and saw kids with varying conditions such as down's syndrome, CP, hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and epilepsy.  It was shocking and eye opening to see the houses and living conditions of the people in the village.  The homes were made of sticks and dried mud, the floors of the homes were dirt, and it appeared that the people lived off their animals (mostly goats and chickens) and the fruit from the abundance of trees.  There were banana, mango and avocado trees as far as the eyes could see.  Although the living conditions were less than ideal, the surrounding area was beautiful.  The luscious, green forests were a nice change from the busy town.

CCBRT has a founded "The Heifer Project" where they donate a goat to families in need in order to provide adequate nutrition and food for the children of poor families.  Goat milk is sold for 3x that of cows milk, so it allows the families to have another source of income.  When the goat has its first baby, the child is donated to another family in need.  The second baby goes back to CCBRT and any baby after that the family can chose what to do with it.