Travelling while travelling
Blog, Mission 2024 Many of the villages we visit are so rural and remote, they are without running water or electricity. One important aspect of the clinics is reaching as many different people as we can, so our medical camps travel to different villages every day. Most villages are within 45 mins-1 hour away from our home base hotel in Kakamega. The Shaywey hotel is a lovely little place to stay, the staff are so kind and attentive to our whims and wishes at breakfast and dinner, offering laundry service and always greeting us with a cheery “morning, morning” often asking us how our day went. Each morning we load up our van with all of our supplies, medication and materials needed for the clinic and the teaching of the Maternal program and hit the road with our amazing drivers Jeff, Johnston and Evans…. Who I believe are the most patient men in the country…. They gracefully put up with us all day 😊. Once we are set up and seeing people in that day’s village we are often faced with need exceeding what we can offer in the clinic setting. Sometimes more acute medical concerns come up and we take people to the local hospital for…
