Whisper's Jigger Free Community Program in Kagera Village

During our regular outreach day, Whisper's staff visited Kagera village and discovered that they are many children affected by jiggers and during this visited, Whisper treated seven small children.

Arafa Magayo

We started out treatment with Arafa Magayo (7 years) who goes to P1 in Swiidia. He is a son of Kalimu Magayo & Babyrie Nusiula who are peasants. The boy was in their home where we arrived but ran away to the sugar planation because he feared to be treated.

Other children appeared from the neighbourhood who were affected with jiggers too and who helped us to find Arafa, and who later accepted to remove tens of jiggers from both his feet.

Jiggers were removed, treated the wounds (eggs removed) and feet cleaned.

However the boy was very dirty yet, the mother said that he bathes every day.
We advised him to do regular feet checking and proper cleaning - which we demonstrated.

We advised the mother to sweep the home regularly, since each jigger can produce very many eggs.

Teddy & Phiona (5yrs)

We also treated children from neighbourhood, as they came to see us, and told us about their jiggers too. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the parents as we were told they worked in the garden.

Phiona Mugide (10 years), going to P2
Emma Malabiri (6 years), going to P1

The above children are under the care of their grandmother who has lost normal eye sight and who is affected by jiggers too.

We found that their father Charles Domba (38 years old) was taking alcohol just near by. Whisper approached Charles for a small chat about his children and the situation they live in.

Whisper staff removed many jiggers out of the grandmother's and children's feet.