Putti Village
Gathering around the bore hole with jerry cans.
We observed widespread malnutrition in
this impoverished community. It was obvious that kwashiorker was endemic amongst the children. Ironically, many parents believe the "distended bellies" on their children mean that they are well fed. 
The students of Putti Village attend the appropriately named primary school.
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 "Putti Synagogue."
The eight Abayudaya villages range from the most central in Nabagoye to the most isolated in Namatumba. The Putti Village community is one of the most interesting. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the chief rabbi of Efrat in Israel, maintains a special relationship with this community. He has offered scholarships for qualified students to enroll in his yeshiva. Their community leader, Enosh Keki Mainah, is currently at Yeshiva Machanaim completing his studies for his rabbinical "smicha" degree.
Putti Village is also building a medical center that is scheduled for completion in March, 2015. A request has been made by the community, which is in critical need of dental services, to set up a mobile dental clinic in the village on our next mission trip. This represents an unprecedented opportunity for volunteers to play an essential role in supporting the lives of a Jewish people in need. Your commitment has never been more timely. |
Jewish child with classic "distended stomach" and an umbilical hernia.
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Two rabbinical students from Rabbi Riskin's yeshiva in Israel studying talmud at the Abayudaya guest house
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Structures are all fabricated out of the most basic of materials.
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The new synagogue in Putti Village under construction.
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The Putti community receives their Torah!