BABIES ARE US!!! That’s what I feel our new name should be after this week of babies, babies, and more babies! It is sad that so many moth­ers are not sur­viv­ing after giv­ing birth, but I am glad that the Lord sent us here to save the babies. ELISABETA (E‑l­iz-a-bet-ah) was wel­comed into our fam­i­ly after 4 weeks of no weight gain. She is only 4.7kg/10 lbs. at 5 months, and is not an orphan. She is severe­ly mal­nour­ished, so we are giv­ing this fam­i­ly a help­ing hand. Her moth­er is men­tal­ly ill, and can’t care for her. The Aunt of the baby (only 15 years old), and a very car­ing father have tried their best, but the infant was fail­ing to grow even with the help of our Infant For­mu­la Pro­gram. Elis­a­be­ta needs an expe­ri­enced moth­er, and prop­er food and milk giv­en every 3 hours if she is to recover.

Baby Elis­a­be­ta and Fos­ter Moth­er Joan­i­na after 1 night togeth­er at Zebra House.

Social Ser­vices agreed we could assist this infant until she is 3 years of age, as it will takes an aver­age of 8 months to a year for her to recov­er her weight and strength. At the moment, she has an upper res­pi­ra­to­ry treat­ment that we pray will respond to the antibi­ot­ic she is receiv­ing. YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS TINY LITTLE GIRL ARE MUCH NEEDED! MARCH 31ST ENDED WITH 2 FAMILIES BRINGING ORPHANED BABIES TO US AT LUNCH TIME! With­in min­utes of each oth­er, 2 fam­i­lies walked up to our office, each request­ing help (via Social Ser­vices) with baby for­mu­la and food for their orphaned grand­chil­dren. The FIRST FAMILY lives only 3km/1.5 miles from our base. Four chil­dren were orphaned when their moth­er died just a few days before. The grand­moth­er and uncle brought the infant and the sec­ond youngest child, about 2 years old (shown in pho­to) as they had no food to feed them. The lit­tle girl was very shy until I gave her a pack­et of cook­ies. I received a big smile for that lit­tle gift!

1st Fam­i­ly with Granny hold­ing her tiny Grand­child and Uncle hold­ing the shy 2 year old.

The SECOND FAMILY is from 6km/3+ miles out of town on our West side. This granny brought the old­est orphaned girl to car­ry the men­tal­ly ill, 4‑year-old orphan boy, as she car­ried the infant. Food and baby for­mu­la were also giv­en to this fam­i­ly, and thank­ful­ly they had 2 neigh­bors who brought them in on 2 bicycles.

Chil­dren’s Direc­tor, Anna teach­ing 2nd Granny how to bot­tle feed her tiny Grandbaby.

Six kms or 3+ miles is a long way to walk with a 4‑year-old on your back. This lit­tle girl is still a teenag­er, but obvi­ous­ly very strong.

The old­est orphan girl with the men­tal­ly ill 4 year old on her back.

YOUR PRAYERS FOR ALL THESE CHILDREN ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE GIFTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUT LIFE SAVING MILK INTO THESE LITTLE ONES. BLESSINGS, BUSH BUNNY BRENDA LANGE AND THE BALAMA STAFF