Caustic Education Prevention Campaign..Update..

Today I went to Benson hospital with George Gibson of Global Front Foundation. Global Orphan Outreach and this organization have partnered up to actively work towards addressing the ever-growing problem of caustic soda ingestion in children by bringing caustic education and prevention to Liberia. Global has also partnered with doctors both here in the U.S. and in Liberia along with the Ministry of Health of Liberia to bring Poison Control Education to the Liberian people, hospitals, and clinics. This campaign has involved print and electronic media, posters, billboards, stickers, and workshops. We went to present the posters and stickers (they love this because they see a lot of these kids) to them to be used and then we went to JFK and did the same. Moses from Star Radio interviewed me at JFK (ahhhhhh)! It airs at 10:00 tonight on star radio 104! Dr. Sherman who works with many children struggling with this issue is doing some of the program as well as a birth family whose son is dealing with this health issue.

Soon there will be billboards erected in Monrovia advocating for the prevention of this poisoning as well. We will post pictures and the radio interviews and also the radio drama on our website when it is finished. It is our desire to see this program successful in reducing the number of caustic poisonings in children.

I Visited more hospitals and gave them more information on FMN. Visited the PT department, touched base with the supervisor there. She was very happy to hear about us as well. She also told me about their orthopedic department and that they actually do pelvic casting.

Tomorrow- another busy day!