Nicole writes

Things are going very well in the Afriana house. The manager does a great job and makes sure everything goes well.
There have been many changes in the past month. Several children have been returned to the village or adopted. Some of these children have been staying in the Afriana house for many years and it is always a mixed feeling to see them go. Glad they can return to family or a new family, but sad because they will be missed so much. It will soon be strange to return to the same house with so many children who are no longer there.
Now that several children are gone, we have room to help new children. One is Kelvin. Kelvin's mother was still very young, around the 18 year. She was expecting her first child and everything went well. When the contractions started she went to a local clinic, however the family is very poor and it took them a while to find money for the mother to go to that local clinic, walking was too far. By the time she arrived at the local clinic, the delivery was already in full swing and due to complications, she had to go to a better hospital as soon as possible. On arrival at the hospital she immediately gave birth to a beautiful boy. But because of the complications she lost a lot of blood. Only a limited amount of blood is available in the hospital. The mother had a rare blood group of which there was not enough. She died a few hours after giving birth.
The family has asked if we can temporarily help care for Kelvin. The father is young and cannot take care of himself alone. The grandmother lives in Mozambique and already has many children to take care of. Kelvin now lives with us temporarily and like all the other children will receive a lot of love and care until his family can take over again.