Hospital/school visits

Some have recovered from the jet lag and others are still feeling the effects. Most of the team was up and moving by 6am if not earlier. Our plans for the day was to divide into two groups, one to go visit the district hospital and the other to visit an elementary school. Having already seen the district hospital, I went to the school. We came back together for lunch in Kitale town, sharing our experiences. Of course the team that went to the hospital saw pain and suffering but also faithful Drs. and nurses that cared and did all they could to comfort and heal as best they could. The school team on the other hand saw smiling faces and got lots of "how are you" greetings. But still the standard of the classrooms, amount of kids per class along with the lack of resources.....not to mention the challenges that the teachers faced in trying to teach these precious kids made us wonder how anyone got through it without becoming discouraged. Today eyes were opened to the harsh realities that people face daily here in this country. Today we had three new team members arrive two Drs from Ca and a Dr from Uganda. This evening the team spread out the medicines all over the sitting room and began the job of packaging the pills in individual doses. It was a long night but they got it done. Marjaana and I had the opportunity to meet with the head of the chamber if commerce of the transnzoia area of which Kitale and Kiminini are a part of and the vice mayor of the same area also. Tomorrow the first of our three medical clinics, the first at Kipsongo slum

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