A helping hand

At times it's hard to find tangible before-and-after examples of our volunteers making a difference to one individual - but here's a great story that became a highlight for last month's volunteers.

When a small girl showed up at our African Impact orphan afterschool club in Khula village with a badly infected burn on her wrist, volunteers and staff rallied together to provide her with the care she needed.

When the girl arrived at Khula Afterschool Club displaying an open wound caused by a burn that was so bad she couldn't bend her hand, the volunteers sprung to action and approached medical coordinator Nokwethemba about what could be done.

The following day, Nokwethemba and our medical volunteer team investigated the girl's name and family and got permission to take her out of school and bring her to the clinic.

Over the course of a few weeks, the girl's burn went from infected to healed thanks to our volunteer's involvement in her treatment and care. The girl was later spotted by our volunteers at afterschool club once more, and was happily able to participate in all of the games being played.

Two of our former volunteers said that the healing of the girl's burn was the highlight of their stay. Seeing such a drastic improvement in a child's health and experiencing how our projects on the ground work together to help the community and even individual's turned out to be a highlight worthy of more than one mention.