Head injury was today's emergency

rs. Today we had an emergency case. Renovating his house a man was hit by a piece of metal when the roof fell down. Fortunately the injury was not bigger. Our doctor Wanjara could sew the wound and after two hours the patient could return home.

Giving joy through distrubution of clothes

Today we distributed again clothes that we have collected over the past few weeks. Everybody had joy and it was a fulfilling day to make some little presents to our refugee family.

Student from Eldoret visits our place

rs. Today Alice Kwamboka, a student from the Public Health Dept. University of Eastern Africa Baraton, came to visit our hospital and the refugee camp. She was very surprised about our activities and thanked for what we are doing for the population. She also praised our staff and said that she wished to work in such a nice family-like team. After 4 hours I brought her back to Nakuru, where she continued her way home. At the end she said she would be inspired to come back. I said yes, everybody is always welcome.

Organizing work for the refugees

rs. Today we planned the work for the refugees. We want them to participate in our activities. Some should clean the flower garden, others will start with cutting the grass tomorrow. Grownup childs could help in the kitchen. So together with Fundi we established a shopping list so that we can buy the needed tools. Some enjoy helping, for others its a duty, but that's the only way to have a functioning community. Finally we got some food items for the children out of our storage container.

A visit from Switzerland

rs. Today we had a visit from Switzerland. Felix Moser and his family came to Kenya to celebrate a real Kenyan wedding which is on a much bigger scale than we know it from Switzerland. His wife Eunice' origin is from Nyeri, a typical Kikuiu region, about 180 km north of Nairobi. Eunice brought her sister with her who has a 4 year old girl that cannot walk and also has some eating disorder. I learned that she didn't get enough oxygen at birth time. Our doctor Wanjara check ed the girl and gave some advice. I personally think that with intense physiotherapy the condition might change. I also offered the mother to stay here for a month and our doctor could try to help.

Busy laundry day

rs. Today many refugees were washing their clothes. In fact there were too many and the laundry strings could barely hold the weight. It is funny: if the Kenyan start to do something, all others follow. It is the same with food stands in Nakuru City. There are dozens of pineapple sellers but no other fruits are avaibale. If they would discuss among them who sells what on a specific day, the market picture would be more diverse. In the afternoon, some men wanted to play football but the rain announced itself early so they probably have to play another day.

Reloading corn bags to a safer place

rs. Some of our corn bags have been damaged by mice so we had to reload 12 large bags to a better place which is our storage container. The helpers preferred to carry them on their shoulders instead of using pushcarts. Unfortunately they don't care enough about their bodies although I told them many times that they have to be careful in the youth so that they will not suffer from back pains later.