by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 30, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
If you’re a facebooker and follow the Karibu Centre posts or see my status updates then you will know that on Monday we got the devastating news that one of our vulnerable pregnant moms had a nonviable baby. She was 40 weeks when she got the diagnosis, a day...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 26, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
We’ve lived here in Kenya now for almost 14 months. I’ve been to the different markets here in Thika plenty. So much so that the locals all know me and I’m old news. Gone are the days when everyone would turn and stare, call Mazungu, or try to...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Apr 20, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya
Baby Aurelio (I’m sure I’m spelling it wrong, but you get my gist) and Mama Aurelio, Joyce, have been visiting our home twice a day since last Saturday as the antibiotic for his pneumonia needs to be refrigerated. We are happy to see Joyce and this sweet...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Apr 17, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts, Uncategorized
So, having seen this little baby with the dent in the head, I came home and did what any of you would have done. I googled. And, I didn’t really find much. At that point, I was working under the assumption that this baby was born with a congenital defect that...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Apr 12, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts, Uncategorized
One of the things I really enjoy about being here at Karibu Centre is taking the women in to the hospital when they are going into labor. It works out this way because only Ian and I are able to drive the Centre van, and often, it just seems better to have me walking...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Apr 11, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya
….are the best, especially when it’s for your kids at a friend’s house. Friends from church offered to take the kids this last Friday night and I jumped all over that. I got right on the web, and found a weekend special deal at...
