Health Screenings Saved Isaaka's Foot

Isaaka looked at me with very sad eyes as he waited patiently for his turn to talk. He was articulate and his French was excellent for 3rd grade. Isaaka gave me information that every new sponsorship student provides. He told me about how he loves to play soccer with his friends and he wants to be a policeman when he is older. It wasn’t until later that I found out why he seemed so sad. I was talking with teachers when I kept feeling a tap on my arm and a pull on my sleeve. When I looked down, there was Isaaka standing there with a friend. The friend pointed to Isaaka’s foot, which was very swollen. There was an inch-long sore that was jagged and oozing. He had been playing with his friends a week earlier when his foot had been stuck by a stick. I was really alarmed because he could hardly walk on the foot and he had not been to the clinic yet. I spoke with the directress of the school and she assured me that she would make sure that he went to the clinic, even if she had to bring him herself.  I left funds for the clinic visit and the medicine that he will need. Isaaka's injury would likely have caused him to lose his foot if it had continued to go untreated.