【舊鞋救命海外志工心得】

整個過程我最印象深刻是這個不到4歲的小孩，看看nike小拖鞋照片中的他，腳指頭被沙蚤弄到多嚴重，消毒雙腳的刺痛已開始哭，在一一挑出沙蚤的過程更是嚎啕大哭，他的媽媽抱著他的安慰她叫他別哭，而他那幼小的年紀奮勇抵抗，還要踢開護士的手，有的沙蚤侵蝕很深痛到會挖出血水來，媽媽猛力的捉住他不讓他抵抗，雖然言語不通，可是我強烈感覺到媽媽不捨孩子痛，但她知道為孩子好她都要忍住，孩子不斷的打她反抗，孩子哭的時候不斷喊媽媽

而在從幚他們洗腳開始我的心都碎了也哭了，一個解決沙蚤的問題，最簡單的方法就是讓他們可以穿上鞋子，預防勝於治療，但由於出生環境的惡劣，卻讓他們無法有錢可以買上一雙鞋，因而從小就赤腳踩在土壤上感染沙蚤，有的嚴重甚至到整個潰爛，甚至到死亡

有些孩子在治療的過程裡面原本是痛苦爭扎哭的，聽到治療完之後會有鞋穿的時候，很多孩子是強忍著痛苦，有的甚至不敢哭出來，眼淚默默流出來，在醫療設備這麽不充足的情況下，就算流了血也衹是用簡單的棉花止血，塗抹上藥膏，在想今天若換作是我是否可以忍耐這些痛，是為了換有一雙鞋穿呢？今天的我看到了很多勇敢的孩子們!

在此我再好好地感謝之前幚忙舊鞋救命x溫歌華活動的所有愛心人士，謝謝你們的愛心一同推動活動並募集了3萬雙鞋，還有捐款者們買了貨櫃跟新建學校經費，我們要幫的就是照片的這些人，替孩子和村里所有人獻上感謝和感恩! 溫哥華的貨櫃11/20 即將抵達肯亞!

而今天卻衹能治療到不到30個孩子，聽牧師說整個村落有將近4000人都感染，住在幸福國度的我們，要可以如何幫助這些人呢？

清沙蚤
第一站:先用香皂清洗他們的雙腳
第二站:用藥水消毒，浸泡雙腳十分鐘
第三站:再用消毒的器具開始清除沙蚤
工具:水桶/香皂/布/手套/指甲剪/止血棉花/針/鉗子/刀片/消毒藥水/藥膏/拖鞋

整個過程我最印象深刻是這個不到4歲的小孩，看看nike小拖鞋照片中的他，腳指頭被沙蚤弄到多嚴重，消毒雙腳的刺痛已開始哭，在一一挑出沙蚤的過程更是嚎啕大哭，他的媽媽抱著他的安慰她叫他別哭，而他那幼小的年紀奮勇抵抗，還要踢開護士的手，有的沙蚤侵蝕很深痛到會挖出血水來，媽媽猛力的捉住他不讓他抵抗，雖然言語不通，可是我強烈感覺到媽媽不捨孩子痛，但她知道為孩子好她都要忍住，孩子不斷的打她反抗，孩子哭的時候不斷喊媽媽

而在從幚他們洗腳開始我的心都碎了也哭了，一個解決沙蚤的問題，最簡單的方法就是讓他們可以穿上鞋子，預防勝於治療，但由於出生環境的惡劣，卻讓他們無法有錢可以買上一雙鞋，因而從小就赤腳踩在土壤上感染沙蚤，有的嚴重甚至到整個潰爛，甚至到死亡

有些孩子在治療的過程裡面原本是痛苦爭扎哭的，聽到治療完之後會有鞋穿的時候，很多孩子是強忍著痛苦，有的甚至不敢哭出來，眼淚默默流出來，在醫療設備這麽不充足的情況下，就算流了血也衹是用簡單的棉花止血，塗抹上藥膏，在想今天若換作是我是否可以忍耐這些痛，是為了換有一雙鞋穿呢？今天的我看到了很多勇敢的孩子們!

在此我再好好地感謝之前幚忙舊鞋救命x溫歌華活動的所有愛心人士，謝謝你們的愛心一同推動活動並募集了3萬雙鞋，還有捐款者們買了貨櫃跟新建學校經費，和贊助倉庫，我們要幫的就是照片的這些人，替孩子和村里所有人獻上感謝和感恩! 溫哥華的貨櫃預計於11/20 即將抵達肯亞!

而今天卻衹能治療到不到30個孩子，聽牧師說整個村落有將近4000人都感染，住在幸福國度的我們，要可以如何幫助這些人呢？

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Jigger treatment -3 Steps
Step1.Use soap to clean their feet
Step2. Disinfect by soaking the feet in disinfectant liquid for ten minutes
Step3. Remove jiggers from the feet by using sterilized tools. Tools used are: Bucket / Soap / Cloth / Gloves / Nail Scissors / Hemostatic Cotton / Needle / Pliers / Blades / Disinfectant / Ointment / Slippers

During the entire treatment process, one significant 4-year old child who wore a pair of Nike slippers in the photo stood out to me. His toes were seriously damaged by jiggers. He started crying when we soaked his feet in the disinfectant liquid which caused him pain. He cried so much throughout the removal process from his toes that his mother had to tightly embrace him in order to soothe his crying and resistance. While resisting the unbearable process, he attempted to kick away the nurse’s hands. The jiggers burrowed deeper into his toes and bloody substance gushed out, which then required several deep cuts into his toes. His mother had to pin her child down as he wailed, trying to tolerate the excruciating pain. His vigorous resistance resulted in hitting his mother.

Despite being unable to understand their conversations due to the language barrier, I could definitely feel his mother’s pain. She knew the jigger-removing process was the only solution to cure her beloved son’s feet despite how hard he fought or how painful the process was. From the beginning of the treatment, the little boy cried constantly and shouted out loudly for his mother. I was there to witness the entire brutal process and felt the same pain this boy and his mother felt. My heart was broken in tears.

One of the easiest solutions to prevent the jigger problem is putting on shoes.
Prevention is always better than a treatment. However, the unfortunate and poor people in this country cannot afford to buy shoes. Thus, even young kids walk barefoot on the soil, risking infection by jiggers. Many of them have even died from being seriously affected by jiggers.

At the jigger treatment clinic, many small children cried and resisted the painful treatment process. However, they chose to endure the pain and held back their tears when they heard they could own a pair of shoes if they cooperated. Cries and wails stopped, but their tears came down their cheeks involuntarily.

Due to the lack of the medical equipments, we can only treat the bleeding with hemostatic cottons followed with some ointment. That’s it! Would I be able to handle the pain if I were these kids? Would I choose to endure the pain because of a pair of shoes? Today in the treatment clinic, I witnessed so many brave children in front of my eyes.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude again to those kind-hearted activists who worked together with me in the summer. They helped promote the campaign Step30 Vancouver raised 30,000 pairs of shoes. As well as to the donors whose donation we used towards the purchase of a shipping container, the fund to build a new school and the fee paid to the storage warehouse during the Step30 Vancouver campaign.

All the people that the Step30 Vancouver has helped are in the pictures. I want to forward the gratitude from the children and the people in the village to you! The shipping container from Vancouver had arrived in Kenya on Nov 20th, 2016. Back to the day when we treated jiggers, only less than 30 children could be treated. Pastor Allen said the whole village had nearly 4,000 people who were infected by jiggers. While we are fortunate enough to live in a developed country, my concern arises when I ponder about how we can help these villagers?