Team returns after hectic schedule:

The Hope Centre kids make a real song and dance!

A 15 strong team of evangelists, medics and a dentist have recently returned from Burundi where they worked very hard and were able to provide a very useful service to the poor.

Mission International's Hope Centre is home to poor and orphaned children as a result of Burundi's recent war. The children, one living in very poor conditions, have now been provided with many improvements including lovely homes and a regular and balanced diet. When the team came to visit, the kids entertained them with a traditional song and dance.

The team visited the Anglican cathedral and hospital complex in Matana on the way to Rutana. The Burundian Archbishop showed them round the facility which is in need of a wide range of help and support. The operating theatre is pictured below.

By the time the team reached the villages surrounding Rutana there were hundreds of people waiting for medical and dental care. The folks stood in the sun for days as the medics methodically worked their way through as many patients as possible. Not everyone could be seen, it was sad to say goodbye, in particular to those who could not be helped as a result of time constraints as well as the lack of medicines and the need for more radical hospital treatments.
Here patients are treated with a mobile dental team in a rudimentary surgery set up for the occasion.

Although people came to have their physical needs met they also needed spiritual support. The tea also preached to the waiting crowds seeing many respond positively to them.  To find out more on our Medical teams please visit http://missionmedics.wordpress.com/

Beautiful food was provided for the team at every stage of the trip, below is a good example of what was on offer.

One team member was intrigued by the way mothers in Burundi carry their babies and decided to give it a go.

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