MERCY MISSION

Batavias medical team are sending a serious burns case into town and will try to get him referred to Mercy for skin grafts. Maybe we can ask them for help with charts at the same time.

Rorogo Odraha is an amazing man. He is caring for 2 daughters 4 & 6 years old after the death of his wife 4 years ago during child birth. He is a fisherman and a skilled chainsaw operator. He lost his chainsaw and his boat was damaged during the March 28th quake and tsunami at Tanjung Onolimbu.



He was my guide all day yesterday and we walked for miles. I asked about his limp and he did not want to talk much about it. After a while I noticed stains on his track suit and I saw he was in pain. He told me his story. 9 day after he lost his wife, he tried to fill a pressure lamp and picked up the wrong jerry can in the dark. It was his chainsaw fuel.It exploded buring him and several others. His legs were ablaze and he jumped into the swamp to put them out. Half his house was destroyed.



After months in hospital he was sent home. The burns just wont heal behind his knees and he has to work to support his family every day. New skin grafts are needed and then he will have to lay still till the grafts bond well.

UPDATE Saturday morning: We have just heard from ELM volunteer Marshall Bailey that Rorogo will be helicoptered to the Mercy today for his grafts!