Another project we visited - The Plaster House

The last few days in Arusha had us visiting two special projects that Safi Members, thanks to Elizabeth, have become aware of. They are not secondary schools and are not our main focus but when we travel to TZ we go to learn more of the area the culture and the people and these two projects that we would like to bring to light. It is humbling to know abut other projects.

Sarah runs the Plaster House. This is a unique service in TZ where fluoride is so plentiful, so much so that children get sick from it either during pregnancy or as they are toddlers and young children. Too much fluoride causes their bones to be soft and they need operations to insert rods into the large bones. Pretty nasty stuff for a child. After surgery, they are in plaster casts and can not be sent back home for months, until the casts are removed. Sarah and her husband with a small staff are taking care of their needs until they can go back home. They are renting now and have quickly grown to helping 70-90 kids (18 beds). They are acquiring land and will need to do fund raising to build. Sarah and her husband are undaunted. They can’t stop because the need is so great. I’ll post more about this on the website. Sarah’s website got lost in the internet but when she recovers it I will link it onto the Safi site.