My First Look into the Clinic & African Schools

Today we visited the Mafubira village.  This village is where the new clinic is being built - the one that was highlighted at the Healing Faith benefit. 

This is their current clinic.  There are only two rooms in this one.

Chickens just outside the clinic.

Here is the clinic that is being built.

Just behind the clinic is a secondary school.  The students were taking midterm exams, but I was still allowed to take a look around.  The deputy headmaster gave me a tour and said I am welcome to come back any time.

I loved that they had an educational philosophy that involved parents and community.

 The deputy headmaster in his office.

Chemistry lab

They are in need of more chemicals/supplies due to how many students they have.  Their biggest need is another building.

An unexpected treat was visiting with ladies in the village that make necklaces out of paper beads.  We all were able to give it a try as well.  It is a lot harder than it looks.  I bought a pair of earrings for 3500 shillings - just over $1 and a double stringed necklace for 5000 shillings - $2. 

Karson making a bead.

She is cutting the paper for rolling the beads.  They use posters.

I made a bead - not one that they could use, but it was my first try!

Children are very curious when muzungus are around.

Megan wearing her new beautiful jewelry.

This little one got involved :)

I think she is beautiful.

We visited one more school (not in the village).  This school is part government funded and partly funded by private funds.  It is also part day school/part boarding school. 

This school is in bad need of mosquito nets.  My sister-in-law is raising money for mosquito nets through her church.  If you are interested in donating to this cause, you can give Ryan the money.  Once he arrives in late July, we will buy mosquito nets and post pictures of us distributing them so you can see exactly where your money is going.

This is a girls dormitory.  The mosquito nets are in horrible shape.  Although we did not look at the boys dormitory, I am sure it is the same situation.

These girls asked that I take their picture.  The headmaster told us that one of these girls was HIV positive.

Some beds don't have mosquito nets at all.

The school raises their own cows for milk and their own chickens and goats.  The kids and Seg were able to milk one of the cows.



It has been Kari's goal all along to take care of malnourished little ones.  A small child or two may be moving in on a temporary basis to be taken care of while their moms are taught about nutrition, child care, etc.  There is a 2 year old that is the size of a 1 year old or smaller.  We went to the market to see what types of baby and toddler items they sold.  I took a few pictures so you could get a sense of what the markets are like.  They are similar to the markets in Mexico.  They sell clothes, shoes, food of all types, household items, etc.

I can't imagine buying meat from a place like this. Not sure how this can be sanitary.

Jason, Kari, Megan, Isaac, and I ended the day with Thursday game night.  They taught us the game Settlers.  It was a lot of fun.  Kari beat us.  Last night we played spades.  It was Megan and Isaac's first time to learn how to play.  I foresee many game nights in our future!