Caustic Soda Injuries

Dozens of children in West Africa accidentally drink from soft-drink bottles, not knowing that the contents are Caustic Soda (which is often used in the production of soap at home). The injuries they sustain often lead to a long and painful death. If they survive the immediate injury, they are unable to eat, and they survive by drinking milk or having a feeding tube installed, but remain very sick and undernourished. In recent years, several of these children have travelled to Europe or the USA, where they have undergone successful surgery to re-line the oesophagus with stomach lining. They change from living skeletons to normal children in a matter of months, and can eventually learn how to eat again. Praise God. Please pray for the Caustic Ingestion children of West Africa, especially Liberia. Olly