David and I are about to embark on a very exciting
adventure…to AFRICA! After 5 years of retirement, we are ready to get back to
work, but only for a couple weeks. We have volunteered our medical skills to a
hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, which is severely understaffed. Eldoret is about 150
miles NW of Nairobi. It is a small city of 250,000 inhabitants, with one lone,
overworked but greatly appreciated neurosurgeon. David will help him with his
clinic and operating room caseload, and I will do general nursing on the wards.
It should be quite an experience! We had requested donations of neurosurgical
instruments and supplies from several medical equipment companies, and the boxes
keep arriving at our door! We will have over $100,000 worth of essential
supplies to take with us - their generosity has been astounding. Even Costco
donated several hundred pens to the pediatric
unit!
We will do our best to stay in touch, but are not sure
about internet connectivity. We will be busy but you needn’t worry about us –
Eldoret is a very safe town.
The motto of Kenya is : “Harambee” in Swahili, meaning
“Let us all pull together”. What a fine and noble notion that
is-
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Cheers and Harambee to you all! Mara
and David
PS/ We are volunteering under the auspices of
FIENS
