I might have to stay.

I may extend my stay a week. I'm pursuing a child abuse case here and so far those involved have hit a brick wall. I've made some good progress and I may have to stick around to see things to the next step. I managed to get an agreement with the woman responsible for the health and well being of the children in this region. She cannot believe that parents could purposely burn their child. Even after I've given her all the evidence she still refuses to accept that a parent can hurt their child. (This kind of bullshit it common here). The burns on this kid are horrible and many. His mother says its one burn that happened by accident. So the blind woman agreed that if I could get a doctor to examine the child and tell her that there are multiple burns inflicted over time she will file a case with the authorities. She's the only person who can do this. So there's a doctor here volunteering and he's going to look at the child on Monday. If he tells me that he's sure he's been burned multiple times I will need to find a local pediatrician who will talk to the doctor here and examine the child himself and talk to the blind woman. Then I will extend for one week to do that. Otherwise I'll come home.


Here's the boy for whom I'm playing guardian angel. His name is Nishan