Fay Layton’s News from Mathare

Children of Mathare.

Photo courtesy of Michael Norwood.

Fay Layton is from the Rotary Club of Orange Calare in New South Wales.

Hi everyone,

Well it has been a busy couple of days since we spoke. I went along to the
US Embassy reception and caught up with the 8 other Australians on this
mission (as I mentioned Alexandra and myself are the only ones staying at
HEART so we don’t see anyone except our team during the day),I learnt from
them that the large team are seeing over 500 children a day and have to
turn a lot away when it’s time to pack up for the night.

In Mathare (my team) we saw 36 children for treatment (56 extractions)
yesterday (and it was a short day!). Our children have already been
screened (over 1,000) so the dentists can get on with the job of
extractions. We usually work until 4.00 – 4.30pm………………

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