Kilograms, Centimeters, and E

Sydney checking eyes

Lisa measuring height of student

Our health assessment at Kasompe went much more smoothly than the first time in Chipulukusu.  We have our traveling clinic well organized now.  We're collecting height and weight measurements every 4 months and looking at growth rates as compared to attendance and school lunch records.  We now have a full year of data.  It's amazing how much more weight a malnourished child can lose when they become ill.


Sydney checked eyes and unintentionally also checked cognitive function -- some of the kids picked up on the Big E legs up, down, and sideways almost immediately.  Others never did figure it out.