It has been a bout two weeks now
since getting back from the mission trip to Kenya. I want to thank Liberty
University team and friends for their service for God's glory. It was a heart
breaking to me to find a lot of Jiggers in the feet of the needy that I washed
especially the children. I cried a lot. Please keep them in your prayers. We
take shoes for granted here America but it is really needed somewhere like
Gold. I am very guilty and very sad.
Why is it important and what is Jiggers?
Tunga penetrans
is known as the chigger, jigger, chigoe, bicho do pé or sand flea. The head is
angular, it has no comb of spines, and the thoracic segments are narrow at the
top
Effects of Jigger infestation
• High rate of school dropout and poor
performance
• Unable to exercise democratic rights,
e.g. Voting
• Inability to walk easily due to pain in
the affected areas
• Inability to carry out normal day to day
activities like working or playing
• Creates more poverty
• Low self esteem resulting from the
stigmatisation
• Infections such as HIV/Aids are passed
from person to person due to sharing of pins and needles while removing
jiggers.
• Disability as people with severe
infestation are unable to walk or use their hands
• Death
You can read more at http://www.jigger-ahadi.org/jiggers.html
Those children need medical
attention to get all the jiggers out. I instructed some people to use the
needle to get it but they are everywhere in the foot. Men, what a painful
process. I had some when I was young and I know how painful those children are
going through. I would like to make some donations to help them. You can join
me if you can. It can be a little as $5-10 per child to get it out and fit them
with shoes, also try to find ways to improve their hygiene. Please share with
your friends and keep them in your prayers. I am very broken right now. You can
use this link to make your donation ASAP https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4HUZJWA4JVHQC
God bless, https://www.facebook.com/cheromei
