Ok, so I have made it back to the USA. The director of Mattaw was kind enough to accompany me home just in case I was too sick to make it through both flights. My parents, as you can see, are taking good care of me, and I should be back to Africa sometime within the next few months–depending on… (more…)
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Prayers Needed
This is Elizabeth’s dad. At this point, we are trying to get Elizabeth home so she can receive 1st world medical treatment. She got sick again last night. They flew her to Nairobi last night, and she just arrived at the hospital there for tests. The objective is to get her well enough in the next day or two so… (more…)
- March 19, 2012, Author: elizabeth
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- Categories: Africa
Follow up: Doctors Fired
Kenya has fired its 25,000 health care workers who are on strike. Oh boy, this is going to be a busy week for me!
- March 9, 2012, Author: elizabeth
- 4 comments
- Categories: Africa, Nursing Tags: Africa, doctors, Fired, Sacked, strike
Doctors on Strike
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I am doing much better. It took me a few weeks to recover because the medications I was on were causing some side effects and secondary infections. So, what has been happening in Kitale over the last few weeks? As of last week, the doctors are all on strike. I just passed… (more…)
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[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kitale-street.jpg" alt=""]kitale-street[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/moi-high-school-class.jpg" alt=""]Young Women Discipleship
One of the High school groups I have been teaching about Jesus.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_4717.jpg" alt=""]IMG_4717[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pokot-huny-jars.jpg" alt=""]Honey Jars[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/girls-orphanage.jpg" alt=""]girl's-orphanage[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/orphan-boy-kenya.jpg" alt=""]orphan-boy-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/orphan-boy.jpg" alt=""]orphan-boy[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/matatu-kitale1.jpg" alt=""]matatu-kitale[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/matatu-snacks.jpg" alt=""]matatu-snacks[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/classroom-pokot.jpg" alt=""]classroom-pokot[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bible.jpg" alt=""]Bible[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/carying-fire-wood.jpg" alt=""]Gathering Fire Wood
You can tell all the children are out of school because they are on the side of the road gathering fire wood for their families.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IMG_3564.jpg" alt=""]George Helping
As the other children were tie dying shirts, George jumped in and helped us soak all the shirts in soda ash.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/african-orphan.jpg" alt=""]African Orphan
Eric was a severely malnourished child without a future not too many years ago, but Jesus had a plan for his life. He now has everything. Including loving parents.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/card-game.jpg" alt=""]Card Game
Kenyan children seem to use toys till they wear out and then continue to use them.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/leading-worship-kenyan-school.jpg" alt=""]Leading Praise and Worship in Kenya
In Kenya, there is no separation of church and state. Children often start school by singing praise and worship to Jesus.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/shamba-kenya.jpg" alt=""]Going to the Shamba in Kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gardens-africa-kenya.jpg" alt=""]Beautiful Kenyan Farms Cover the Countryside[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/african-farmer.jpg" alt=""]African Farming[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyan-school.jpg" alt=""]Kenyan School[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/school-children-africa.jpg" alt=""]School Children in Africa
This school has over 600 children in attendance. There are only six teachers.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/examining-blood-smear-malaria-kenya.jpg" alt=""]Examining Blood Smear
Pictured here is a laboratory technician in Kenya examining a blood smear for malaria.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BS-malaria-test-kenya.jpg" alt=""]Blood Smear Test
Blood smear is the most common test preformed in Kenya and is used to test for malaria. It is almost impossible to have a doctor treat you without first sending you to the laboratory for one of these.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/zebra-africa.jpg" alt=""]zebra-africa[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/baboon-tree-africa.jpg" alt=""]baboon-tree-africa[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eye-assessment-africa.jpg" alt=""]Setting sp outdoor ophthalmology clinic
Giving some of the kids an eye exam today, but not without plenty of help from everyone else.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eyes-in-the-woods.jpg" alt=""]Eyes in the Bushes
Local village children watching us through the shrubs.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dental-office-kitale.jpg" alt=""]Dental Office in Kitale
This is a picture of an African Dental Office. It is in Kitale, Kenya, in East Africa.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/medical-room-mattaw.jpg" alt=""]medical-room-mattaw[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/giraffe-lake-nakuru-kenya.jpg" alt=""]giraffe-lake-nakuru-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/zebra-nakuru-kenya.jpg" alt=""]zebra-nakuru-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/zebra-nakuru.jpg" alt=""]zebra-nakuru[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rhinoceros-safari-kenya-nakuru.jpg" alt=""]rhinoceros-safari-kenya-nakuru[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nekuru-park.jpg" alt=""]nekuru-park[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nakuru-wildlife.jpg" alt=""]nakuru-wildlife[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nakuru-giraffe.jpg" alt=""]nakuru-giraffe[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nakuru-forest-kenya.jpg" alt=""]nakuru-forest-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/male-water-buffalo-africa-nakuru-kenya.jpg" alt=""]male-water-buffalo-africa-nakuru-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lonly-male-nakuru-giraffe-kenya.jpg" alt=""]lonly-male-nakuru-giraffe-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lions-nakuru-park-safari-tree.jpg" alt=""]lions-nakuru-park-safari-tree[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/hippopotamus-lake-nakuru-kenya.jpg" alt=""]hippopotamus-lake-nakuru-kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/birds-lake-nakuru.jpg" alt=""]birds-lake-nakuru[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kenyan-orphanage.jpg" alt=""]kenyan-orphanage[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kenyan-school-girls.jpg" alt=""]Kenyan School Girls[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/plastering-walls.jpg" alt=""]plastering-walls[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/returning-orphanage-africa1.jpg" alt=""]returning-orphanage-africa[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/african-children.jpg" alt=""]African Children
Pictured here are two little African Boys at Mattaw Children's Home in Kitale, Kenya.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/hair-orphanage-africa.jpg" alt=""]Beauty Parlor at Mattaw Orphanage
Pictured here are three of the little girls who live at Mattaw in Kitale, Kenya. It was raining outside, so we got to play beauty parlor today.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grocery-shopping-africa.jpg" alt=""]Grocery Shopping Africa
This man is weighing his onions before making a sell to a local vendor at a vegetable market in Kenya. Onions are 60 /= per kilo today.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/african-girls-hair.jpg" alt=""]african-girl's-hair[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2819.jpg" alt=""]Shoes
My question is, how do all the Mattaw Children keep track of their shoes and who's who's.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/africa-quality-meat.jpg" alt=""]Quality Meat in Africa
They don't quite have me convinced.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sponsor-african-child.jpg" alt=""]sponsor-african-child[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/milking-cow-africa.jpg" alt=""]milking-cow-africa
Georgie is getting impatient. He is ready for some milk and caching on that City Girl don't make the the most experienced dairy farmer. It took me an hour to milk a liter.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/full-moon-over-africa.jpg" alt=""]full-moon-over-africa
I was going to make this my profile pic...but then I changed my mind.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/african-church.jpg" alt=""]African Church
This is the church I attend near Kitale, Kenya. Worship service is very spirited, including drums, singing, and dancing. We have a very good preacher who always has an inspiring message.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/holding-orphan.jpg" alt=""]Holding Orphan
This is a picture of me holding Wilmington. He is an orphan at the Instep Baby House outside Kitale in Africa[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ringworm.jpg" alt=""]Ringworm
Treating Ringworm at Mattaw, Kenya today. The therapy will take four weeks from start to finish.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nurse-in-africa.jpg" alt=""]Nurse in Africa
This is a picture from my visit to the African Village of Kipsongo. My memories of the visit serve as a constant reminder of how many things I have to be thankful for.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/shoe-making-kenya.jpg" alt=""]Making Shoes
This is a picture of locals in Kitale, Kenya making tire shoes. They are made from old and abandoned tires, and show the entrepreneurial side of Africa. The shoes give new life to old tires.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/kitale-market.jpg" alt=""]Kitale Market
I visited the market in Kitale Kenya today. We purchased some "tire" shows and some other items. I love being able to interact with the people of Kenya[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/boys-kitale-kenya.jpg" alt=""]Boys in Kitale Kenya
This is a picture of children in the slums of Kitale, Kenya, in Eastern Africa. I visited the slums today. We bought some items from the local vendors. It is always sad to see the poverty here, and a reminder to me of all I have to be thankful for.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nurse-with-orphan-e1322187593248.jpg" alt=""]My Day at the Instep Baby House
I had the chance to visit the Instep Baby House. They are caring for about 100 babies that were abandoned or orphaned. Wow that is one big batch of babies! I enjoyed seeing their facility and learning from them. I hope to visit them again soon.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/holding-child-e1322186624333.jpg" alt=""]Holding Child
One of the wonderful things about working in Africa is getting to make new friends among the children. While at the Instep Baby House, I got to know some of the older children. I hope to get to visit with them again soon.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/village-cow.jpg" alt=""]Village Cow
While we appreciate all the loving and generous contributions from people all over, Mattaw does have a goal to eventually become self sufficient. We would like for the village to one day be able to earn all the money it needs to support the children. As part of this, we have cows. The children milk the cows each day, and some of the milk is sold to homes in the area. This is a first step towards becoming self sufficient.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/orphan-girl.jpg" alt=""]Orphan Girl
In Africa, people do not use a cutting board, and in fact, many do not even know what one is. Children are taught from an early age to cut vegetables right in their hand with nothing but a sharp knife. I would cut my finger off if I tried what this little girl is doing.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/little-african-girl-e1322165786291.jpg" alt=""]Little African Girl
Lucy is one of the youngest children at Mattaw. She also has a number of medical issues, and so I end up spending lots of time with her. I have grown very close to this sweet little girl. Yes, she is dealing with serious medical issues, but I am encouraged to know that she is a happy little girl, and that she is loved and taken care of at Mattaw.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hugging-little-orphans.jpg" alt=""]Hugging Little Orphans
This is a picture that was taken by little Peter, or me getting a hug from Bryan and Dominique. I helped rescue Dominique, and he has always wanted to be close to me since then. He is a sweet little boy, and he is very happy to live at Mattaw now. When we brought him here, he had many health issues, but little by little, we are getting him all fixed up.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/african-school.jpg" alt=""]African School
This picture shows that you really do not need that much to teach children. A roof to keep the rain out, some chairs and tables, and teachers who care. Oh, and children that want to learn. These kids are getting a great education, and I am always amazed to see how well behaved they all are during classes.[img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/african-traffic.jpg" alt=""]African Traffic
It is common to see vehicles almost always overloaded. Overloaded with people, animals, and in this case furniture![img src="http://www.kenyanurse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/peter.jpg" alt=""]Orphan
This is my little friend Peter, an African Orphan. I had the wonderful opportunity to help rescue Peter from the streets of Kitale. He survived by digging through trash. He always found enough for his little sister as well. Now they are both safe and sound at Mattaw, but Peter has no sponsors.<>Galleries
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