Kwaheri (Goodbye)
How does one summarize a journey that will forever impact their lives? A journey that brought new experiences, new beauty and most of all new friends. A journey that teaches the important lesson that people are the same all over the world. A fitting picture for the...
Time in the Slums
After traveling for a couple of weeks, we have arrived back in Nairobi. For the past couple days we have spent time in Kibera, which is the largest slum in Africa. It represents sixty percent of Nairobi's population; however, the slum only occupies six percent of...
Maasai Mara
After a long night of being on call; seeing sick patients and delivering another baby, we loaded up early to head to an all day game drive in the Maasai Mara. Immediately entering the Mara, we saw multiple elephants, giraffes, and lions. For lunch, our drivers...
New Frontiers Health Force Clinic
After a few days of relaxation and safaris at Sweet Waters Tented Camp, we have arrived in Ngoswani, which is outside Narok, Kenya. We were there to work at the New Frontiers Health Clinic. Upon arrival we were welcomed by staff and other American volunteers, and...
Off to see the animals
After a rewarding but hard working experience at the Sugarbaker clinic in Nyeri, we had a few days to enjoy ourselves at the Sweetwater's Tented Camp. It was a new experience upon arrival when we were able to sit outside drinking tea while giraffe, zebras, and...
Saying goodbye
Saturday was a day of celebration for Kenya and the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA). Both were celebrating their 50 year jubilee; the country for their independence and church for their establishment. We all went to a festival at the Riamukurwe Parish...
Free Clinic
The past two days we have been training in the Sugarbaker clinic to prepare us for the free clinic held today. We purchased all of the medication that was provided to the patients free of charge. Several stations were set for the day: triage, consultants,...
Tumutumu Hospital Visits
Over the past couple of days we took turns visiting Tumutumu Hospital. It is a private hospital outside of Nyeri, and you can tell by the cleanliness and lack patient overflow compared to the public hospital. The first half of our team was given the opportunity to...
Home visits around Nyeri
Many of us were a little nervous about going into the villages and doing home visits but we quickly realized what a rewarding experience it would be. We were able to travel in groups of five students with Dr Strang, Dr Knopp and two of the male church members as...
Education Kenya Style
We started our first morning in Nyeri with tours of the local schools. We toured a primary school, which is equivalent to our elementary and middle schools combined; as well as a secondary school, which would be equivalent to our high schools. We were able to...