Poor Nutrition and Orphans

Recently someone was looking at some of my pictures from past mission trips to Kenya. They noted that our kids had no hair or very little if any.  They asked why?   Good question.  You see the simple answer is the growing hair takes protein and good nutrition.  Also maintaining hair takes money to purchase products to clean it with, and keep it looking healthy.  Products take money to purchase.  Bottom line, when you see pictures of African children like ours, with little or no hair that very well may mean that poverty also plays a part in this.  Most of our children's guardians just shave the children's head. Thus no stigma for poor quality hair due to in adequate diet at times, or no money to purchase the expensive hair products.  It also reduces the cases of a fungus that also can infect the children, and takes money to buy the medication to treat it which often can take a month of treatments. 

So with all of that, we are proud of our girls and boys who have little bald heads, but huge smiles!  Plus if they are energetic, then that really pleases us as that means they are getting enough protein to help them have that energy.  Bottom line, if you were only given so much money to live on or earn in a month, you can see why hair products would be way down the list!   Medicine, food, shelter, blankets, malaria nets, animals to help them become self-sustaining, seeds to raise food,  and on the list goes. All of those items would surely be more important then some hair products!  Enjoy the smiles and radiant faces of our precious little ones on His Arms Site.  See www.hisarmskenya.org  to find some of those smiles!