News from Dr.Emmanuel Kamanzi

In an earlier post, we blogged about Dr. Emmanuel Kamanzi's visit to Bethany Middle School where he addressed the 7th graders on life in Rwanda and how he came to work in pediatrics at a clinic there. After his visit, the seventh graders held a fund raiser to help patients at the clinic in Rwanda. Dr. Emmanuel recently contacted Ms. Manzelli to report on how the funds had been put to good use. It is so amazing how much good was accomplished as a result of our students' generosity. Here is Mrs. Manzelli's message to the staff:

"Earlier this year, the 7th grade social studies classes collected money for Dr. Emmanuel Kamanzi, who came to visit and speak to our students. Dr. Kamanzi is a pediatrician working at a hospital in Rwanda. Dr. Andre Sofair, a parent of one of our 7th grade students, works with Dr. Kamanzi , and the Sofair family travels to Rwanda each summer. Attached is a photo of Dr. Kamanzi and the hospital social worker as well as the report of how our donation was spent. $275 went quite a long way to help the children in Rwanda!"

And here is the report from Dr. Kamanzi:

"The money served to assist sick children from very poor families and has been very helpful. It was spent as following:

No	Name and Age of sick child	Disease	Reason for spending money	Money spent in RWF
1	Olive, 11 years	Heart disease	Medications	1,926
2	Monique, 13 years	Heart disease	Laboratory exams	3,000
3	Cesarie, 12 years	Heart disease	Medications	5,050
4	Baby Diana	Neonatal infection	Medications and lab exams	14,670
5	Valens, 3 years	Cancer	Hospitalization fees	14,761
6	Immaculee, 7 years	Heart disease	Transport from hospital and back to hospital for surgery	10,000
7	Elie, 4years	Cancer	Transport – appoint for chemotherapy	10,000
8	Desiré, 4 months	Renal disease	Hospitalization fees	19,870
9	Bertrand, 7 years	Renal disease	Lab exams and medications	20,934
10	Babies Claudine, twins	Neonatal infection	Milk	12,000
11	Baby claudine2	Neonatal jaundice	Lab exams	12,000
12	Redempta, 14 years	Heart disease	Medications	15,000
13	Monique, 13 years	Pneumonia	Transport back to home	1,100
	TOTAL			141,511 (US$ 237,198)

The parents were very grateful and the children as well. The children sent to all of you a big SMILE after the recovery for some of them! GOD BLESS YOU ALL and NICE holidays!"

Dr Emmanuel
and finally - his picture with the social worker who helped distribute the funds: