Final Numbers for 2018 Mission
Hey everyone! As promised, here is the final count for the total number of people seen and treated through the 11 days of clinics of the 2018 mission. We saw…
Last Day of Clinics – Day 11 at Hamadira
When the water works hit you like a tonne of bricks. I’m happy to report that I wasn’t the only one crying on the last day of clinics this year.…
Clinic Day 10 at Homanoywa
When I say north you say pole! Solomon started off our morning with a prayer where he thanked his friends from “the North Pole.” We had a good laugh to…
Clinic Day 9 at Kedohi
Today school was back in session and Laura and Krista dewormed 200 kids and went from classroom to classroom at a school and gave Whitfield’s anti-fungal cream to each child.…
Clinic Day 8 at Viyalo
Today Gail went on a home visit to follow up with a lady who had thyroid surgery done last week - she is recovering and doing very well thanks to…
Clinic Day 7 at Chavakali
Ingrid, Johnstone, Victor and Sara went on a home visit to assess an elderly woman named Gladys. She had a stroke 5 years ago and has since become very weak…
Clinic Day 6 at Igungu
As today was Saturday, it was a shorter day for our clinic. We treated a total of 407 people in about 5 hours. …
Clinic Day Five at Kigama
Our fifth day of clinics at Kigama has been the busiest one so far with a total of 657 people seen. 35 pairs of reading glasses were given, 40 young…
Clinic Day Four at Wangulu
If you’re asking what this picture is about I’ll tell you. Normally we leave at 7am for clinic but this morning Lynn…
Clinic Day Three at Mudungu
Barb and Patti did a home visit with Johnson and treated a family of 5 for jiggers. Jiggers is a type of sand flea here in certain parts of Kenya…
Clinic Day Two at Budaywa – Basali East
Lynn, Krista and our Kenyan nurse Sarah gave quite the laugh to 30 young girls while teaching sexual health and handing out reusable sanitary pads. …
Clinic Day One at Itegero – Basali West
Day one of clinics started off in true Kenyan time - pole pole (slowly slowly) as they say in Swahili. Because of the upcoming election, it was around 930am by…
Journey to Kisumu – Shaken not Stirred
The roadie to Kisumu started off in luxury - Jeff and Jerry picked us up at the Sheywe in the shiniest matatu we’d ever…
11 women, 200 suitcases
Jambo! The day has officially arrived, we’ve touched down in Kenya. All 11 of us and what feels like 1200lbs of supplies that we’re…