I can’t even describe how great the need here is – the farther we go into the jungle, the more terrible the conditions are under which people live. There is a huge number of patients with AIDS, typhoid and tuberculosis, people with open wounds, twisted bones that were broken for many years, but did not heal properly. Bones are sticking out from under the bloody wounds, and are all wrapped up with one piece of torn and dirty rag, or worse, wrapped in an old greasy plastic bag on which flies crawl out – and this horrible smells of cadaverous, deadly stench, from which I literally had to put all my strength in order not to turn away. People are coughing up blood, their bellies are swollen, and worms are crawling inside their wounds. They lie and wait for death – on a dirty floor, on a dirty pillow, in a hut without windows, and fleas jump all over from ripped blanket.
To reach before them, we need to go through the mountain that are overgrown, deeper and deeper into the jungle. We go on foot for a prolonged time, this is the only way to reach them. Thank you to everyone who supports our medical trips financially and prayerfully! We are indebted to you.
Papua New Guinea – F&I Konstantiniki
